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Economics of European Integration

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 114-0357/01
Abbreviation EEI
Course title Economics of European Integration
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. General Theoretical Foundations of European Integration - Definitions, Motives, Forms. Bela Balassa and his contribution.
2. The development and stages of European economic integration since World War II, its current state and perspectives.
3. Economic governance - definitions, principles, applications in the European Union.
4. Common economic policy approaches to tackling the global financial and economic crisis, transforming governance in Europe.
5. Anti-crisis measures and their impact in selected European economies. European semester. Warning mechanism against macroeconomic imbalances. In-depth reviews.
6. Macroeconomics of monetary integration, crisis of the European Monetary Union and its solution. Bank Union, Union of Securities.
7. Fiscal Policy in Economic and Monetary Union - Sharing Fiscal Responsibility. Fiscal Union.
8. Microeconomics of European Integration - Internal Policies of the European Union - Structure, Objectives, Tools, Need for Reforms.
9. The internal market of the European Economic Area, the anti-competitive economy - competition policy and consumer protection policy.
10. Microeconomic policies of the European Union - commercial, agricultural, fisheries.
11. Microeconomic policies of the European Union - transport, energy, environmental protection.
12. Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the European Union. EU Cohesion Policy.
13. Regional aspects of structural policy in the European Union - use of structural and investment funds.
14. Challenges of the expanding European Union in the context of deepening globalization. European Neighborhood Policy.

E-learning

Kurs je podporován pomocí LMS Moodle.
https://lms.vsb.cz/

Literature

1. BALDWIN, Richard and Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. ISBN 978-1526847218 .
LÜTZ, Susanne et al. The European Unionas a Global Actor. Cham: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-76673-3 .
3. YOUNGS Richard. The European Union and Global Politics. London: Bloomsburry Academic, 2022. ISBN 978-1-3520-1195-1.

Advised literature

1. BAYLIS, John, Steve SMITH a Patricia OWENS. The Globalization of World Politics: an Introduction to International Relations. Eight edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-882554-8.
2. HILL, Christopher, Michael SMITH a Sophie VANHOONACKER. International Relations and the European Union. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. The new European Union series. ISBN 978-0-19-873732-2.
3. ZEITLIN, Jonathan a Amy VERDUN, ed. EU socio-economic governance since the crisis: the European Semester in theory and practice. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. Journal of European Public Policy Series. ISBN 978-1-138-49471-8.