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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2012/2013

Theory of Integration Processes

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0403/01
Abbreviation TIP
Course title Theory of Integration Processes
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Basic concepts and aspects of the regional and global integration in the existing international economy. Motive forces and character of the contemporaneous integration processes.
2. Forms and stages of the international economic integration. Application of the theoretical knowledge on real integration processes in the world economy.
3. Main theoretical conceptions and trends in the theory of economic integration – selected theoretical approaches.
4. Hypothetical models of the integration – paradigm of the process of European integration.
5. Barriers to the integration processes. Anti-integration forces with economic and non-economic character in the world economy. Disintegration tendencies.
6. Specific aspects of integration processes under conditions of developing economies. Impetus of the integration, objective and subjective distortions for the effectiveness of the integration.
7. Small economies – their position in the world economy and international economic integration. Advantages and handicaps of the small economies in comparison with large ones. Small economies in the European Union.
8. Customs union theory – aspects connected to the conditions of creation the customs union.
9. Customs union – static and dynamic model. Basic premises, trade creation and trade diversion effects. Economies of scale.
10. Theory of the economic union – basic aspects. Integration effects of the capital and labour market
11. Basic theory of the monetary union. Integration in the monetary area, aspects of the optimum currency area, European Union and the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
12. Globalization of the world economy - its dynamic changes and influence on the present and the future of regional integration in the world.

Povinná literatura

1.BALDWIN, R.; WYPLOSZ, Ch. The Economics of European Integration. 3rd. Revised edition. McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2009. ISBN- 13: 978-0077121631
2.EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963.
3.JOVANOVIC, M. International economic integration: critical perspectives on
the world economy. Vol. 1: Theory and measurement. 1st edition. London:
Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415166721 
4.ROBSON, P. The economics of international integration. 3rd rev. edition.
London: Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0415098807 

Doporučená literatura

2.EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963.
3.JOVANOVIC, M. International economic integration: critical perspectives on
the world economy. Vol. 1: Theory and measurement. 1st edition. London:
Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415166721 
4.ROBSON, P. The economics of international integration. 3rd rev. edition.
London: Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0415098807