Type A
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Code |
Competences Specific | | A1.4 |
Apply advanced methods of theoretical and empirical analysis to company decision-taking. |
| A1.5 |
Analyse the complexity of the micro- and macroeconomic and legal environment of technology and innovation companies in a changing and ill-defined context. |
Type B
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Code |
Competences Transversal | | B3.1 |
Work in a team collaboratively and with responsibility shared among multidisciplinary, multi-lingual and multicultural teams in complex environments. |
| B3.2 |
Foster interdependency and shared responsibility. |
| B3.3 |
Resolve disputes in a constructive manner. |
| B5.2 |
Use critical, creative and innovative thinking to solve problems in multidisciplinary contexts. |
Type C
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Code |
Competences Nuclear |
Type A
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| A1.4 |
Interpret macroeconomic data.
Make predictions based on data from technological and industrial companies.
| | A1.5 |
Understand the functioning of national and international markets and their complexity in relation to technological and industrial companies.
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Type B
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| B3.1 |
Organise a team to carry out macroeconomic analysis of the international context.
| | B3.2 |
Take responsibility for the overall result of teamwork and not merely for the part that was done personally.
| | B3.3 |
Resolve disputes that arise during teamwork in a constructive manner.
| | B5.2 |
Transmit economic information to professionals from other disciplines for decisions taking purposes in multidisciplinary contexts.
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Type C
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
Topic |
Sub-topic |
1. Relevant variables to analysi the economic activity |
1.1. Macroeconomics in a globalized world
1.2. The main macroeconomic variables
1.3. The intervention of the state in the economy
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2. Analysis of monetary and financial international markets
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2.1. Types of financial markets
2.2. Financial assets
2.3. The monetary markets
2.4. The financial markets
2.5. The currency markets |
3. Analysis of raw materials international markets |
3.1. International trade
3.2. International relations in a global environment
3.3. Commodities markets |
4. Analysis of technological products in international markets |
4.1. Balance of Payments
4.2. International exchange of goods
4.3. Indicators of foreign trade |
5. Analysis of productivity and wages |
5.1. Wages and productivity
5.2. Unit labour cost
5.3. Productivity and economic growth |
6. Industrial sector interdependency: input-output table |
6.1. Industrial activity
6.2. Interindustrial relationships
6.3. Globlal value chains |
Methodologies :: Tests |
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Competences |
(*) Class hours
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Hours outside the classroom
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(**) Total hours |
Introductory activities |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
Lecture |
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6 |
7 |
13 |
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom |
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8 |
11 |
19 |
IT-based practicals in computer rooms |
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8 |
11 |
19 |
Assignments |
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4 |
16 |
20 |
Personal attention |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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Mixed tests |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
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(*) 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
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Description |
Introductory activities |
Activities designed to make contact with students, collect information from them and introduce the subject. |
Lecture |
Description of the contents of the subject. |
Practical cases/ case studies in the classroom |
A situation (real or simulated) in which the student must provide a solution, resolve a series of specific questions or provide an overall assessment of the problem. |
IT-based practicals in computer rooms |
Practical application of the theory of a knowledge area in a particular context. Practical exercises using ICTs. |
Assignments |
The student will have to solve a practical assignment which will include the whole material of the course. Students will have to prepare an oral presentation to defend their study. |
Personal attention |
Time for questions. |
Description |
Time for questions. |
Methodologies |
Competences
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Description |
Weight |
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Assignments |
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Analysis/essay of a particular country/sector/market. |
60 |
Mixed tests |
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Exam that contains questions about the contents and short exercises. |
40 |
Others |
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Other comments and second exam session |
For the second call students have to pass an exam (60%) and must deliver a case study (40%). If the case study has been delivered previously, the note can be preserved. |
Basic |
Rudiger Dornbusch, Stanley Fischer, Richard Startz, Macroeconomics, 10th, Boston : McGraw-Hill, cop. 2008
Blanchard, Olivier (Olivier J.), Macroeconomics, 5th, Prentice Hall, cop 2011
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Basic macroeconomic bibliography: R. Dornbusch, S.
Fischer and R. Startz, Macroeconomics,
McGraw Hill, 2008. O. Blanchard, Macroeconomics, Prentice Hall, 5th edition,
2011. Statistics data:
International Monetary Fund: http://www.imf.org World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/ OECD: http://www.oecd.org/ Eurostat: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat INE: http://www.ine.es/ Economic information: Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/europe Project Syndicate: https://www.project-syndicate.org/ |
Complementary |
Krugman, P., International economics : theory & policy, 10th, Pearson
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Krugman, P. (2015): International economics, 10th edition, Ed. Pearson |
(*)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. |
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