ökb241 - Macroeconomic questions (Complete module description)

ökb241 - Macroeconomic questions (Complete module description)

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Module label Macroeconomic questions
Modulkürzel ökb241
Credit points 6.0 KP
Workload 180 h
Institute directory Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law (Economics Education)
Verwendbarkeit des Moduls
  • Dual-Subject Bachelor's Programme Economic Education (Bachelor) >
  • Dual-Subject Bachelor's Programme Politics-Economics (Bachelor) >
  • (Extension tray) >
  • Master of Education Programme (Special Needs Education) Economic Education (Master of Education) >
Zuständige Personen
  • Lehrenden, Die im Modul (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Modulverantwortlichen, Die (Prüfungsberechtigt)
  • Schröder, Rudolf (module responsibility)
Prerequisites
Skills to be acquired in this module
Students:
• study the fields of action of economic policy (esp. regulatory, structural and process policy)
• analyse objectives of and conflicts in economic policy
• analyse supply-and-demand-oriented concepts and conjunctural policy tools
• describe the economic cycle and employ it as an analysis tool
• explain the system of domestic product calculation in Germany/Europe and its conceptual principles;
• draft chronological and international domestic product comparisons;
• discuss the significance of the domestic product and explain approaches to its growth and alternative approaches
• research and use up-to-date statistics about the national accounts.
Module contents
Principles of economic policy
• Theoretical principles
• Examples of economic policy fields/topics
• Economic policy objectives, conflicting objectives, actors and tools
• Practical implementation of economic policy (implementation examples)

National accounts and economic cycle
• Understanding, principles, implementation and history of the national accounts
• Structure of European national accounts
• Chronological and international domestic product comparisons
• Problems in compiling and implementing national accounts
• Alternative approaches to affluence measurements and national accounts growth
Literaturempfehlungen
Links
Language of instruction German
Duration (semesters) 1 Semester
Module frequency jährlich
Module capacity 30
Examination Prüfungszeiten Type of examination
Final exam of module
Registration for the module examination via Stud.IP required - examination date and examination type see Stud.IP: https://elearning.uni-oldenburg.de/plugins.php/pruefungenplugin/studentpruefungen/current
Written exam (2 hours) or presentation (45 to 75 minutes) or housework (15 to 20 pages) or
Project work (12 to 17 pages) or portfolio (maximum of 6 part)
Form of instruction Seminar
SWS 4
Frequency SoSe