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Economics (M60104)

General information

Type:

OB

Curs:

1

Period:

S semester

ECTS Credits:

4 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: A Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG
Sec: A Fernando Ballabriga Clavería Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: B Fernando Ballabriga Clavería Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG
Sec: B Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG

Group Teacher Department Language
Sec: C Fernando Ballabriga Clavería Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG
Sec: C Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad ENG

Prerequisites

None

Previous Knowledge

Basic

Course Learning Objectives

1. To develop a core framework for the macroeconomic analysis of a country, and to apply the framework to analyze the main global macroeconomic events of the early 21st century.

2. To familiarize you with the approach, language, and techniques of managerial economics.

CONTENT

1. COUNTRIES

Tracking Economic Performance
¿ Output, Labor, Prices
¿ Financial Gaps, Credit/Debit, Solvency
¿ Quality of Productive Assets
¿ Quality of Institutions

World Economy of the Early 21st Century
¿ Brief Historical Account
¿ Macroeconomic Policy
¿ The Legacy of the Great Recession & Challenges ahead

2. MARKETS


Marginal and Demand analysis
Market Structure: Competitive markets, oligopolies and monopoly
Pricing and Market Regulation
Managerial decision making under uncertainty and risk

Methodology

Lecturing combined with class discussions
and presentations

Assessment criteria

Individual and/or group work (60%) and final exam (40%)

Bibliography

Ballabriga, World Economy of the Early 21st Century, McGraw-Hill, 2014
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Selected Publications

Managerial Economics, 8th Edition, by William F. Samuelson & Stephen G. Marks, edited by John Wiley & Sons, 2014. ISBN: 978-1118808948. A cheaper paperbound version exists under ISBN 978-1119073826.

Timetable and sections

Group Teacher Department
Sec: A Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad
Sec: A Fernando Ballabriga Clavería Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad

Timetable Sec: A

From 2018/10/3 to 2018/10/23:
Each Tuesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/10/9 and 2018/10/16)
From Wednesday to Thursday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/10/4, 2018/10/10 and 2018/10/18)

From 2018/10/31 to 2018/11/21:
Each Wednesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/11/7, 2018/11/14 and 2018/11/21)
Each Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/10/31)

From 2018/11/26 to 2018/12/5:
Each Monday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/12/3)
Each Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/11/28)

Wednesday 2018/12/19 from 10:00 to 13:00.

Group Teacher Department
Sec: B Fernando Ballabriga Clavería Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad
Sec: B Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad

Timetable Sec: B

From 2018/10/3 to 2018/10/22:
Monday and Wednesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/10/8 and 2018/10/17)

From 2018/10/31 to 2018/11/7:
Each Wednesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/10/31)
Each Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/11/7)

From 2018/11/15 to 2018/11/28:
From Tuesday to Wednesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/11/21 and 2018/11/27)
Each Thursday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/11/22)

From 2018/12/7 to 2018/12/19:
Each Friday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/12/14)
Each Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:00. (Except: 2018/12/12)

Group Teacher Department
Sec: C Fernando Ballabriga Clavería Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad
Sec: C Pedro Rey Biel Economía, Finanzas y Contabilidad

Timetable Sec: C

From 2018/10/4 to 2018/10/23:
From Tuesday to Thursday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/10/9, 2018/10/11, 2018/10/17 and 2018/10/18)

From 2018/11/2 to 2018/11/13:
Each Tuesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/11/6)
From Thursday to Friday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/11/9)

From 2018/11/21 to 2018/12/5:
Each Wednesday from 14:30 to 18:00. (Except: 2018/11/28)
Each Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:30. (Except: 2018/11/21 and 2018/12/5)

Wednesday 2018/12/19 from 10:00 to 13:00.