SPR964 – Economics

Module
Economics
Economics
Module number
SPR964
Version: 1
Faculty
Angewandte Sprachen und Interkulturelle Kommunikation
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. Doris Fetscher
Doris.Fetscher(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)
Course language(s)

English
in "Economics"

ECTS credits

6.00 credits

Workload

180 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Seminar | 2.00 SCH Lecture with integrated exercise / seminar-lecture)

Self-study time

120.00 hours
120.00 hours Selbststudium / Übungsaufgaben - Economics

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 40 min | Weighting: 50%
in "Economics"

mündliche Prüfungsleistung
Module examination | Examination time: 30 min | Weighting: 50%
in "Economics"

Media type
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Instruction content/structure

1 -  Macroeconomics Equilibrium in Two, Three and Four Sectoral Economy

2 -  Investment Function, Curve IS, Curve LM,  Model IS – LM

3 -  Impact of Fiscal and Monetary Policy

4 - Consumption Function, Life-Cycle Theory and Theory of Permanent Income

5 - Investment in to Gross Fixed Capital, Housing Construction and Reserves

6 - Exchange Rates, Capital Mobility in Under Floating Exchange Rates and Under Fixed Exchange Rates

7 -   Model  AS-AD  

8 -  Long Run Economics Growth, Economics Development, Business Cycle

9 -  Theory of Consumer Behaviour and Market Demand

10 -  Theory of Production in the Short-Run and the Long-Run

11 - Imperfect Market Structures and the Price Discrimination

12 -  Pricing on markets for factor inputs

13 -  Edgeworth Box-Diagrams and General Equilibrium Theory

14 - Economics of Risk and Uncertainty,  Welfare Economics, Efficiency and Justice

Qualification objectives

The objective of the course is to provide a complex theoretical basis for applied economics disciplines and to deepen and expand students´ knowledge acquired in macroeconomics and microeconomics.

Special admission requirements

Students have to pass an entry test at the level of Microeconomics 1 and Macroeconomics 1.

Recommended prerequisites
No information
Continuation options
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Literature

Dornbusch, Rudiger and Fischer, Stanley. Macroeconomics. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990. xv, 828 s. ISBN 0-07-017787-2.

Lieberman, Marc and Hall, Robert E. Principles & applications of macroeconomics. 4th ed. Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2008 , 488 s. ISBN 978-0-324-54825-9.

Varian, Hal R. Intermediate microeconomics: a modern approach. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1990. viii, 599, A34 s. ISBN 0-393-96025-0.

Pindyck, Robert S. a Rubinfeld, Daniel L. Microeconomics.7th ed. Prentice-Hall. 2007. ISBB 978-0-13-208023-1.

 

Notes
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