NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 歐洲經濟政策(6962)
	(Eng.) European Economic Policy
Offering Dept	Tricontinental Master Program in Global Studies
Course Type	Required	Credits	3	Teacher	Undefined
Department	Tricontinental Master Program in Global Studies/Graduate	Language	English	Semester	2024-FALL
Course Description	The course deals with the following subjects: • The European Union: an Institutional Overview • The (micro-)economics of European integration • selected fields of economic policy in Europe • European monetary integration
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	N

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
The students - analyse the institutional structure of the European Union - analyse, contrast and evaluate several models of the micro- and macroeconomic aspects of European integration in order to draw comparisons to the institutional and economic situation in other world regions they will become acquainted with during their study.			topic Discussion/Production Exercises Discussion Lecturing	Quiz
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 History of the European Union Week 2 Institutions of the European Union and their decision-making process Week 3 The effects of trade liberalization and customs union Week 4 Market size and scale effects; competition policy Week 5 Labour market integration and migration Week 6 Location effects of economic integratioin Week 7 Regional and agricultural policy Week 8 Review of (open-economy) macroeconomics Week 9 History of monetary integration in Europe Week 10 Optimum currency areas: what about EMU? Week 11 The Eurozone as an incomplete monetary union Week 12 Monetary policy in the EMU Week 13 Monetary policy in the EMU Week 14 Fiscal policy in the EMU Week 15 Fiscal policy in the EMU Week 16 The crisis in the EMU; the Corona pandemic and the reaction of the EU Week 17 Review and open questions Week 18 Review and open questions
Evaluation
Written exam
Textbook & other References
Baldwin, R., Wyplosz (2020): The Economics of European Integration (6th ed.). London etc.: McGraw-Hill. De Grauwe, P. (2020): Economics of Monetary Union (13th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
https://www.h-ka.de/die-hochschule-karlsruhe/organisation-personen/personen-a-z/person/johannes-schmidt
Office Hours
Mondays, 14.00-15.30
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
include experience courses：N

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