IDENTIFYING DATA 2012_13
Subject (*) INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS Code 16204005
Study programme
Graduate in Finances and Accounting
Cycle 1st
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Basic Course First Second
Language
Anglès
Castellà
Català
Department Economia
Coordinator
PASCUAL LORENTE, ALBERT
MOGAS AMORÓS, JOAN
GRAS NOGUÉS, NÚRIA
FIRMENICH ., MARIO EDUARDO
FIGUEROLA JIMENEZ, BERNAT ROGER
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
E-mail antonio.quesada@urv.cat
albert.pascual@urv.cat
joan.mogas@urv.cat
marioeduardo.firmenich@urv.cat
nuria.gras@urv.cat
bernatroger.figuerola@urv.cat
Lecturers
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
PASCUAL LORENTE, ALBERT
MOGAS AMORÓS, JOAN
FIRMENICH ., MARIO EDUARDO
GRAS NOGUÉS, NÚRIA
FIGUEROLA JIMENEZ, BERNAT ROGER
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General description and relevant information L'assignatura proporciona els coneixements fonamentals de la teoria macroeconòmica: representació i anàlisi del funcionament global d'una economia.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A7 Students understand basic micro- and macroeconomic principles and their influence on the financial sector.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B4 Autonomy, responsibility and initiative
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
 C1 Have an intermediate mastery of a foreign language, preferably English
 C3 Be able to manage information and knowledge
 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
 A7 Coneix els agregats macroeconòmics i les seves implicacions per al funcionament de l'economia.
Sap explicar els efectes macroeconòmics de les polítiques fiscals i monetàries.
Sap avaluar la situació d'una economia, coneix el seu funcionament i els efectes de les polítiques econòmiques.
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
 C1 Understand routine information and articles.
Recollir en apunts part de la informació que s'imparteix en una classe
 C3 Locate and access information effectively and efficiently.
 C4 Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Chapter 1. Empirical evidence • Economic cycles
• Economic growth
• Inflation and deflation
Chapter 2. Measuring an economy • The circular flow diagram
• GDP (real and nominal)
• Unemployment
• CPI
Chapter 3. Aggregate supply and demand • Short-run and long-run aggregate supply
• Aggregate demand (AD): components and slope
• Equilibrium
Chapter 4. The market for goods • Components of AD and explanatory variables
• Fiscal policy: public deficit, multiplier, crowding-out effect
Chapter 5. The financial market • Money
• Monetary market, monetary multiplier
• Monetary policy: instruments, objectives
Chapter 6. Open economy • Capital flows and balance of payments
• Exchange rate
• Exchange rate policy

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
A7
1 0 1
Problem solving, exercises
A7
B4
C1
C3
C4
44 44 88
Problem solving, exercises
A7
B4
C1
C3
C4
12 20 32
Personal tuition
A7
C1
1 0 1
 
Extended-answer tests
A7
B4
C1
C3
C4
4 20 24
Objective multiple-choice tests
A7
B4
C3
2 2 4
 
(*) 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
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Activities designed to make contact with students, collect information from them and introduce the subject.
Problem solving, exercises Description of the contents of the subject, raising questions and proposing real life situations to be studied with the analysis presented.
Problem solving, exercises Formulation, analysis, resolution and debate of a problem or exercise related to the topic of the subject.
Personal tuition Utilització de les hores d'atenció a l'estudiant per resoldre qüestions i dubtes concrets

Personalized attention
Description
Office hours to be communicated the first day classes will be held

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Extended-answer tests
A7
B4
C1
C3
C4
There will be one or two exams during the lective period that will account for a 20% of the overall mark, and another exam on the date of the first official examination session that will account for 60% of the overall mark.

20%



25%




35%
Objective multiple-choice tests
A7
B4
C3
(Primera convocatòria)

Diverses proves de tipus test, amb un màxim de 10 preguntes, de quatre opcions i amb penalització per error.
20%
Others  

Economics Symposium Students may choose to attend lectures on a specific topic delivered by specialists and next answer an online multiple choice test available in Moodle. Alternatively, students may be write a short essay in which they answer questions on four previously selected newspaper articles.

 
Other comments and second exam session

On the date of the second official examination session there will be an exam that will account for 100% of the overall mark.


Sources of information

Basic Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Introducción a la Economía: Macroeconomía, Worth Publishers, 2006
Michael Parkin, Economía, Pearson, 2009
Gregory Mankiw, Principios de Economía, Thomson, 2007
Ben Bernanke, Robert Frank, Macroeconomía, McGraw-Hill, 2007

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Other comments
Assignatura no portada al dia és al final, molt probablement, assignatura suspesa.
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