| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)keine
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| Original study plan |
Bachelor's programme Economics and Business 2020W 2020W |
| Objectives |
Students will acquire initial insight into important key issues on aggregate economies and explore how instruments in economic policy function.
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| Subject |
1. Introduction and important macroeconomic variables
2. Producing income
3. Managing financial wealth
4. Interdependency of the goods and financial markets
5. Foreign economy and domestic income
6. Unemployment and the formation of real wages
7. Causing inflation
8. Changes in expansion, unemployment and inflation
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| Criteria for evaluation |
The "course examination" will be in the form of (a) written test(s).
Two tests (comprised of multiple choice questions) will be given.
Students must take at least one of the tests.
The higher test score - or the results of the one test taken - will count.
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| Methods |
Students are required to prepare for class in advance by preparing an assigned chapter from the text book.
The instructor will lecture on the course content, focusing on real-world aspects in class.
When asking questions, students are asked to express themselves clearly.
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| Language |
German |
| Study material |
Blanchard, Olivier / Amighini, Alessia / Giavazzi, Francesco (2010), Macroeconomics – A European Perspective. Harlow (UK) etc.: Prentice Hall (Pearson Education), see
http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000300737
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Corresponding lecture |
(*)572K2AVEBFU15: IK Einkommen, Beschäftigung und Finanzmärkte (3 ECTS)
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