| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A1 | Understand the basic micro-and macroeconomic principles involved in business management. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| B4 | Autonomy, responsibility and initiative | |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| C4 | Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A1 |
Analyze the short term: they can explain (i) the effects of monetary and fiscal policies in a closed economy and an open economy and (ii) the adjustment of an economy with an external imbalance. Analyze the short- and medium-term: they can explain monetary, fiscal and supply policies in an open economy, and economic adjustments in situations of imbalance. Analyze the role of expectations in macroeconomic analysis. | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| B4 |
Do the work planned in accordance with the quality criteria provided. Decide how to manage and organize work and time. Decide how to do a particular job so that it is of the highest quality possible. Decide what needs to be done for a particular job/project and do it according to schedule. | |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| C4 |
Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Fiscal and monetary policy in the short term | • Introduction • The market for goods and the IS curve • The market for money and the LM curve • Equilibrium • Fiscal Policy • Monetary Policy |
| 2. Demand policies and the exchange rate | • International trade and the foreign exchange market • Equilibrium in an open economy • Balance of Payments • Monetary, fiscal and exchange rate policy in an open economy |
| 3. The economy in the medium-term: the AS-AD model | • Aggregate demand • The labour market and aggregate supply • Equilibrium • Fiscal, monetary and supply policies • Open economy |
| 4. Expectations | • Expectations in economic theory • Adaptive expectations • Rational expectations • Application to the AS-AD model |
| 5. Economic growth | • Growth facts • Saving • Technological progress |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | ||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | |||||||
| Introductory activities |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Lecture |
|
35 | 35 | 70 | ||||||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises |
|
10 | 20 | 30 | ||||||
| Case study |
|
9 | 20 | 29 | ||||||
| Personal tuition |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Extended-answer tests |
|
6 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| Objective multiple-choice tests |
|
4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Activitats encaminades a prendre contacte i a recollir informació dels alumnes i presentació de l’assignatura. |
| Lecture | Exposició dels continguts de l'assignatura i plantejament de qüestions i situacions a tractar amb l'anàlisi exposat. |
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | Formulació, anàlisi, resolució i debat d'un problema o exercici, relacionat amb la temàtica de l'assignatura. |
| Case study | Plantejament d’una situació (real o simulada) en la que ha de treballar l’estudiant per donar una solució argumentada al tema, resoldre una sèrie de preguntes concretes o realitzar una reflexió global. |
| Personal tuition | Utilització de les hores d'atenció a l'estudiant per resoldre qüestions i dubtes concrets. |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| L'horari d'atenció es comunicarà el primer dia de classe. |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | ||||
| Extended-answer tests |
|
Es faran dues proves parcials al llarg del curs que suposaràn el 40% de la nota (20% cadascuna) i una prova final integral en la data oficial de la primera convocatòria que suposarà el 50%. | 20% 20% 50% |
||||
| Objective multiple-choice tests |
|
Es faran una sèrie de proves curtes tipus test al final d'alguns temes, que suposaran un total del 10% de la nota. | 10% | ||||
| Others | . |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
|
Si l'alumne no segueix l'avaluació continuada, hauria de contactar al professor responsable de l'assignatura durant la primera setmana del curs. A la segona convocatòria es farà un examen que suposarà el 100% de la qualificació. |
|||
| Sources of information |
| Basic |
R. Dornbusch, S. Fischer, R. Startz, Macroeconomía, 10a, McGrawHill
O. Blanchard, Macroeconomía, 4a, Pearson Prentice Hall |
||||||||
| Complementary | |||||||||
| Recommendations |
| Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before | ||
|
||
(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.