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EU Monetary Policy

Summary

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the major historical phases of the monetary integration proces in Europe and equip students with the theories underlying European Monetary Union. Topics covered include the institutional and legal framework of EU monetary policy, evaluation and debate on the main issues related to the launch of the euro and discussion the problem of fiscal politics coordination in monetary union. The course also deals with the
influence of the European Monetary Union on the Czech Republic and other accession countries. In the subject there will be discussed also the process of EU financial markets integration and the view from outside the euro area, i.e. its position in the global economy.

Literature

BALDWIN, Richard and Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. New York: McGraw Hill, 2009. ISBN 978-0-077-12163-1 .
De GRAUWE, Paul. Economics of Monetary Union. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-956323-4.
EICHENGREEN, Barry. Globalizing capital: a history of the international monetary system. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-691-13937-1.

Doporučená literatura

DYSON, Kenneth and Martin MARCUSSEN. Central Banks in the Age of the Euro: Europeanization, Convergence and Power. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-921823-3.
FUHRER, Jeffrey C. Understanding Inflation and the Implications for Monetary Policy: A Phillips Curve Retrospective. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-262-01363-5.
HIERONYMI, Otto. Globalization and the Reformo f the International Banking and Monetary System. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-23530-4.


Language of instruction angličtina, angličtina, angličtina
Code 120-0516
Abbreviation EUMP
Course title EU Monetary Policy
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Kateřina Dvoroková, Ph.D.