SHEB208 Проект: Принципи на макроикономиката
Анотация:
Economics concepts are very useful in explaining real world issues. In order for the students to enhance their learning, and to make their studies more interesting and useful, they will be urged to follow the most extreme economic phenomena throughout history. This task will assess their ability to apply economic concepts to extreme real-world situations. It comprises of a review in which they are required to review and critically analyse at least one extreme phenomenon and its evolvement.
Преподавател(и):
проф. Събина Ракарова д-р
гл. ас. Елена Спасова д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
Students who complete this course:
1) will know:
• Understand the basics of macroeconomic theory and perform analyses on various macroeconomic issues
• Understand the concepts of aggregate demand and aggregate supply
• Describe the concepts of money, inflation and interest rates
• Explain basic issues of economic growth
2) will be able to:
• Assess and judge the different macroeconomic policies and their effect on the economy
• Comprehend the IS-LM framework
• Discuss and judge the Phillips curve, its use and the implications it had after its introduction
• Comprehend issues of international trade, comparative advantage, protectionism
• Assess the effect of financial crises in the overall economy
Предварителни изисквания:
Students are required to have the following knowledge and/or skills:
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Проект
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
- Extreme macroeconomic phenomena: Hyperinflation
- Extreme macroeconomic phenomena: Sovereign default
- Extreme macroeconomic phenomena: Very high unemployment
- Extreme macroeconomic phenomena: Protectionism
- Extreme macroeconomic phenomena: Capital controls
Литература по темите:
• Case, K., Fair, R., and Oster, S. (2019) Principles of Economics, 13th edition, Global Edition. Pearson.
• All material used in this unit's classes are available in electronic form through CITY's E-Leaning Management System (MOLE) with enrolment password : growth
Textbooks
1. Mankiw, G. N. (2020). Principles of Economics. 9th Edition, Cengage Learning
2. Begg, D., Vernasca, G., Fischer, S., and Dornbusch, R. (2020). Economics. 12th Edition. McGraw-Hill
3. McConnell, C.R., Brue, S.L., and Flynn S. (2021). Economics. 22nd, McGraw Hill
Sources of economic and financial information
Useful on-line sources
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: www.unctad.org
Organsation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: www.oecd.org
The World Bank: www.worldbank.org
International Monetary Fund: www.imf.org
EBSCO database
Financial Times: www.ft.com/
The Economist: www.economist.com/
Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com
EBSCO database (and any database through which you can reach academic papers)