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Monetary Economics

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 114-0477/01
Abbreviation MOE
Course title Monetary Economics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Zuzana Kučerová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The role of money in economy
2. The nature of modern monetary system
3. Conventional monetary policy
4. Monetary policy transmission
5. Unconventional monetary policy
6. Seigniorage and the fiscal dominance problem
7. Central bank‘s independence, transparency and accountability
8. Monetary policy regimes (inflation targeting, monetary targeting, exchange rate targeting)
9. Monetary policy and exchange rates
10. Monetary policy under uncertainty
11. Monetary policy, asset prices and financial stability
12. Monetary policy inside/outside the monetary union
13. Models for monetary policy analysis
14. Monetary policy of the Czech National Bank

E-learning

Literature

CECCHETTI, Stephen G. a Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. ISBN 978-1-260-22678-2.
MISHKIN. Frederic S. The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. 12th ed. Harlow: Pearson Addison Wesley, 2019. ISBN 978-1-292-26885-9.
VALDEZ, Stephen and Philip MOLYNEUX. An Introduction to Global Financial Markets. London: Palgrave, 2016. ISBN 978-1-137-49755-0.

Advised literature

KRUGMAN, Paul R., Maurice OBSTFELD a Marc J. MELITZ. International finance: theory & policy. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2018. ISBN 978-1-292-23873-9 .
MISHKIN, Frederic and Stanley G. EAKINS. Financial Markets and Institutions. 9th ed. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2018. ISBN 978-0-13-451926-5 .
MOENJAK, Thammarak. Central Banking: Theory and Practice in Sustaining Monetary and Financial Stability. Singapore: Wiley, 2014. ISBN 978-1-118-83246-2.