Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Economics of European Integration

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	120-0541/02
Abbreviation	EEI
Course title	Economics of European Integration
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator	Ing. Eva Poledníková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.The global world economy and integration. The origins and development of the
European integration towards the European Union. The aims of the EU economic
policy.

2.Regulation (policies) and governance of integration processes – institution,
law and finance conditions.

3.From the customs union to the single European market. The effects of
establishing free movement. Competition policy.

4.Economic and monetary union. EMU and economic policy coordination.
Macroeconomic policy coordination.

5.Common external trade policy. Trade aggreements. Method of protection
against unfair trade.

6.Common agricultural policy. The reasons for its development, the regulation
and operation of common agricultural policy. Common fisheries policy.

7.Common transport policy. Transeuropean nets.

8.Structural policy roles and directions – industrial sectoral policies. The
development and aims.

9.Regional policy. From regional heterogeneity towards economic cohesion.

10.Research and development policy. European Research Area.

11.Environment policy and energy policy.

12.Social policy. Social cohesion. Employment.

E-learning

Literature

1. AMATO, Giuliano, Enzo MOAVERO-MILANESI, Gianfranco PASQUINO a Lucrezia REICHLIN, ed. The history of the European Union: constructing utopia. Oxford: Hart, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5099-1741-9.
2. BALDWIN, Richard and Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. .
3. MCCORMICK, John. Understanding the European Union: a concise introduction. 7th edition. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. The European Union series. ISBN 978-1-137-60775-1.

Advised literature

1.BADINGER, Harald a Volker NITSCH, ed. Routledge handbook of the economics of European integration. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. Routledge international handbooks. ISBN 978-0-415-74770-7.
2. CINI, Michelle a Nieves PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN, ed. European Union politics. Sixth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. ISBN 978-0-19-880653-0.
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.

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