Economics and Business Sciences

PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

General Data

Code: E027
Number of credits: 6.00
Status: Optional
Academic Year:
Term:

Coordination

Description

1. Acquaintance of the fundamental terms and concepts of market economy and the basic principle of micro-economy – the principle of optimization and balance.
2. Insight into economic growth and economic policies which promote growth and stability.

Instructors

red. prof. dr. MEJRA FESTIĆ, univ. dipl. ekon.

Contents

Fundamentals of Economics;
Economic System and the Market Mechanism;
Supply and Demand;
Competitive Pricing and Imperfect Competition;
Resource Prices and Distribution of Income;
Macroeconomics and Important Macroeconomic Variables;
Economic Growth (long-run Analysis) and Economic Fluctuations (short-run Analysis);
Keynes's Analysis of Aggregate Expenditures;
Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand;
Money and Monetary Policy;
Fiscal Policy:
Some problems of Stabilization Policy.

Recommended Readings and Tools

Parkin, Economics, Pearson (selected chapters)
Samuelson and Nordhaus, Economics, McGraw-Hill (selected chapters)

Planned Activities

Classical lectures
Interactive communication with students
Practical and actual examples from globalized economy of euro area and the whole global economy

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Written examination: 100%