Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION | ||||||
Course Unit Code | ABSE403 | ||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||
Prerequisites | ABSE203,ABSE204 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||
Course Contents | Introduction to history and institutions History of European Integration Basic facts, law, institutions and the budget Decision making The economics of integration: tools and concepts Introduction to essential microeconomic tools and preferential liberalisation Market size and scale effects Growth effects and factor market integration Economic integration, labour markets and migration Introduction to essential macroeconomic tools EU Micro policies The Common Agricultural Policy Location effects, economic geography and regional policy EU competition policy and state aid policy EU trade policy EU monetary and fiscal policies The European Monetary System The European monetary union Fiscal policy and the Stability Pact The financial markets and the euro | ||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lectures, discussions and presentations by students. | ||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |