| Fødevareøkonomisk Institut | |||||||||||||||
| Tidligst mulig placering | Bachelor 2. år til Bachelor 3. år | ||||||||||||||
| Varighed | En blok | ||||||||||||||
| Pointværdi | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Kursustype | Fælleskursus Bachelorkursus for JØ-studerende. Fælleskursus for andre studieretninger. | ||||||||||||||
| Eksamen | Sluteksamen skriftlig prøve Skriftlig auditorieeksamen uden hjælpemidler Beskrivelse af eksamen: 4-hours written examination in course curriculum Vægtning: 100% 13-skala, ekstern censur Eksamensdatoer: 05 November 2005 | ||||||||||||||
| Forudsætninger for indstilling til eksamen | Presentation of project work | ||||||||||||||
| Rammer for undervisning | Lectures, excercises, group works. | ||||||||||||||
| Blokplacering | Block 1 Ugestruktur: A | ||||||||||||||
| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk | ||||||||||||||
| Anbefalede forudsætninger | Samfundsøkonomi | ||||||||||||||
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| Basic Science: After this course the students will understand macroeconomics and macroeconomic policies presented in the basic macroeconomic course. Along with deepening the students' knowledge of various models and policy instruments and limitations, the course will allow them to understand the chains of effects of policy measures and to use the analytical tools to navigate their ways in actual problems facing national and international economies. T Applied Science: The empirical macroeconomic issues will be primarily withdrawn from the performance of as well as the actual problems facing the Danish economy and other industrialized economies. Special attention will be paid to understand the economic problems and issues related to the EU's integration process. Ethics & Values: After the course the student is aware of the rationale and values of macroeconomic theory. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursets målsætning | |||||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is threefold: to equip students with knowledge of various macroeconomic theories and models for short- and medium run analysis; to demonstrate and emphasis the interlinks between the micro and macro economic behavioral relations, and to use the theoretical knowledge in analyzing and shedding light on actual macroeconomic problems and controversies in the economy. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusindhold | |||||||||||||||
| The course deals, among other things, with the following topics: 1. Stabilization, Expectations and Business Cycles: - the IS-LM framework for the aggregate demand, - the role of expectations and formation of expectations, - theories of consumption, saving, and investments, - the Labour market and wage rate rigidity, - inflation and unemployment, - fiscal policy and intertemporal budget constraints, - theories of business cycle. 2. Exchange Rates and Economic Integration: - fiscal and monetary policy in the open economy, - theories of exchange rate and overshooting, - Currency regimes and the international monetary system, - Optimum currency areas, - Central banks, monetary targets and the European Monetary Union 3) Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting | |||||||||||||||
| Undervisningsform | |||||||||||||||
| Lectures, excercises, group works, reading. library search and open discussion of current economic policy issues. | |||||||||||||||
| Litteraturhenvisninger | |||||||||||||||
| Burda M. & C. Wyplosz (2001): Macroeconomic- A European Text. 3ed edition. Oxford University Press, 2001. Cobham, D. (1998): Macroeconomics Economic Analysis - An Intermediate Text. 2nd edition. Longman, London. Kanafani, N.(1995): The Macroeconomic Framework for Stabilization Policies. Nectar- Natura: European Community Training Programme for Agricultural Universities in Southern Regions: http://ariadne.natura.agro.ucl.ac.be/servlet/ariadne.servlets.StudentLogin. Sawyer, J.(1998): Macroeconomic Theory: Keynesian and New Walrasian Models. Harvester, London. Det Økonomisk Råd: Danish Economy. (Selected issues). ECB (2004): The Monetary Policy of the ECB. Fankfut. | |||||||||||||||
| Kursusansvarlig | |||||||||||||||
| Niels Kærgård, nik@life.ku.dk, Fødevareøkonomisk Institut/Afdeling for International Økonomi og Politik, Tlf: 35332264 | |||||||||||||||
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