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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Economics of European Integration

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 120-0741/01
Abbreviation EEI
Course title Economics of European Integration
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc.

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

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Literature

1.Baldwin, Richard, Wyplosz, Charles. The Economics of European Integration. Mc Graw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-077-103947 .

Advised literature

1.CINI, Michelle a Niéves PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN. European Union Politics. Oxford: University Press, 2010. 485 p. ISBN 978-0-19-9548637.
2.McDonald, Frank, Dearden, Stephen. European Economic Integration. Longman,
Essex, England. ISBN 0 582 309174.
3.Bainbridge, Timothy. The Penguin Companion to European Union. Penguin Books,
England. ISBN 0 14 026879 0 .
4.El Agraa, Ali. The European Union. 7th ed. Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN 0 273
679996.
5.Hitiris. European Union Economics. 5th ed. Harlow, Finantial Times Prentice
Hall, 2003. ISBN 0273 65537x.
6.Artis, M. J., Lee, N. The Economics of the European Union. Oxford University
Press. ISBN 0 19 877561 x.
7.Pálankai, Tibor. Economics of European Integration. Akadémiai Kiadó,
Budapest., 2003. ISBN 963 05 7990 1.2.McDonald, Frank, Dearden, Stephen. European Economic Integration. Longman,
Essex, England. ISBN 0 582 309174.
3.Bainbridge, Timothy. The Penguin Companion to European Union. Penguin Books,
England. ISBN 0 14 026879 0 .
4.El Agraa, Ali. The European Union. 7th ed. Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN 0 273
679996.
5.Hitiris. European Union Economics. 5th ed. Harlow, Finantial Times Prentice
Hall, 2003. ISBN 0273 65537x.
6.Artis, M. J., Lee, N. The Economics of the European Union. Oxford University
Press. ISBN 0 19 877561 x.
7.Pálankai, Tibor. Economics of European Integration. Akadémiai Kiadó,
Budapest., 2003. ISBN 963 05 7990 1