European economic integration

Evropska ekonomska integracija

Course credits:

6.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 0 hours of exercises, 26 hours of seminars, 4 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

prof. dr. Andreja Jaklič

Lecturers:

• Assoc. Prof. Anže Burger

Type:

Elective - expert

Language:

English

Semester:

Second semester

Study degree

1. level

Course execution:

• Undergraduate Programme of International Relations

Short content

The topics covered include: -The early phase of the EU: trade integration -Basic international trade theories (Law of comparative advantage, Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson theory, New trade theory, New-new trade theory, theory of economic integration, analysis of tariffs) -The Single European Act and the effects of free movement of persons, capital, goods and services within the EU -Basic theories of factor movements (migration theories and capital movement theories) -Innovation and technological development in the EU -The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) -The theory of Optimal Currency Areas (OCA): is the EU an OCA? -Monetary policy in the EU and the Eurozone -EU budget -European fiscal policy and EU economic governance