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
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Update Date, year/month/day:None Printed Date, year/month/day:2024 / 10 / 11
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