01-60-0000-vl Introduction to Economics

Course offering details

Instructors: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens

Event type: Lecture

Org-unit: Dept. 01 - Law and Economics

Displayed in timetable as: vl_Einf. VWL

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Hours per week: 2

Language of instruction: German

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Literature:
Bofinger, P. (2006): Grundzüge der Volkswirtschaftslehre (2. Aufl.).  München.

Rürup, B. (2004): Wirtschaftslexikon (3. Aufl.). Frankfurt/M.

Samuelson, P.A. (2005): Volkswirtschaftslehre. Köln.

Siebert, H. & Lorz, O. (2006): Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (15. Aufl.). Stuttgart.

Blanchard, O. & Illing, G. (2006): Makroökonomie (4. Aufl.). München.

Preconditions:
None

Further Grading Information:
Basic understanding of the general contexts of the political economy; Theory-led evaluation of central economic policys and poltics; Financial policy questions

Official Course Description:


  • Fundamental concepts of the political economy (political economy as science; income distribution, need, demand; Goods, factors of production)
  • Market mechanism (market price formation: conditions and borders; types of market failure)
  • Economic circulation (regulation factors of the national income, concepts of the stabilization and growth politics, operationalisation of the stabilization goals)
  • Money policy (money functions and kinds of money; money effects, inflation and deflation; the institutional organization of the money policy,  Money instruments of the European central bank)

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Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Mon, 18. Oct. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
2 Mon, 25. Oct. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
3 Mon, 1. Nov. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
4 Mon, 8. Nov. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
5 Mon, 15. Nov. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
6 Mon, 22. Nov. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
7 Mon, 29. Nov. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
8 Mon, 6. Dec. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
9 Mon, 13. Dec. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
10 Mon, 20. Dec. 2010 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
11 Mon, 10. Jan. 2011 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
12 Mon, 17. Jan. 2011 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
13 Mon, 24. Jan. 2011 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
14 Mon, 31. Jan. 2011 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
15 Mon, 7. Feb. 2011 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
16 Mon, 14. Feb. 2011 18:00 19:30 S313/36 Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens
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Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Ingo Barens