Syllabus
Lecture 1 Introduction to EEP
Development of economic alignment among euro area countries
Lecture 2 EU Financial Integration
Lecture 3 European Monetary Policy
Lecture 4 Equilibrium Exchange Rate against EUR
Lecture 5 European Labour Market
Lecture 6 European Fiscal Policies
Lecture 7 European Fiscal Framework
Lecture 8 European Macroprudential Policies
Lecture 9 EU economic policy challenges
Lecture 10 Way(s) towards the Euro
Lecture 11 Common Agricultural Policy
Lecture 12 Competition and the EU Banking
Lecture 13 Guest Lecture / Pre-exam
Annotation
COURSE OBJECTIVE
The course covers major aspects of the economic policy-making in the European Union. It addresses general topics such as economic theories behind the European economic policies, political economy aspects of the European policy-making, and the current EU challenges. It also pays attention to the institutional set-ups and major challenges of the key European economic policies, namely monetary, fiscal, financial stability and - last but not least - agricultural policy. The impact of the important recent events such as financial crisis as consequences of enlargement is also explored. The course includes guest lectures by external speakers who are prominent experts on specific European policies.