Macroeconomics

General

• Code: 301
• Semester: 3rd
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures and Exercises (3)
• ECTS Units: 5
• Course homepage: https://elearning.cm.ihu.gr/course/view.php?id=413
• Instructors: Chapsa Xanthippi
• Class Schedule:
  • Wed 12:00 - 15:00: (Θ) Αμφιθέατρο 2

Course Contents

• First Thematic unit: Basic concepts and economic figures, National Product and National Income, Aggregate Demand and Supply, Savings, Investments and Productivity, Concept of money and the Central Bank.
• Second Thematic Unit: Main problems of the Greek and International Economy.
• Third thematic Unit: Macroeconomic Policies, European Union and International Economic Relations.

Educational Goals

The objectives of this lesson are:

• The projection of the modern overall image of the economy (national and international) and its relationship with the business environment.
• The study, description and analysis of the wider dimensions of the economy, such as inflation, unemployment, real gross national product, total demand, total expenditure, investments, etc., in a national and international trading environment and trade.
• The monitoring of macroeconomic policy developments and the effects of its various measures, both on the wider dimensions of the economy, as well as on the decisions of the subjects of the microeconomics and the business environment, with applications in the Greek, European and International economy.

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

• Distinguish with relative clarity the fundamental macroeconomic sectors, in a national and international environment,
• Understand the operating modes of the overall economy.
• Distinguish the possible effects of the functions of macroeconomic policy measures to discern their different priorities and to decide about the deeper differences in which these measures aim and affect the operation of businesses.
• Get familiar to the scientific literature and develop skills in researching the sources.

General Skills

to be filled

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Online guidance.
• Slides Projection in the classroom.
• Use of E-mail and onlne communication systems.
• Use of e-learning system (moodle).

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

to be filled

Recommended Bibliography

ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ

1. Mankiw Ν. Gregory, Taylor P. Mark, «Οικονομική (Μακροοικονομική)» (Κ.Ε.: 59382753), Εκδόσεις Α. Τζιόλα & Υιοί Α.Ε., 3η Έκδοση, 2016, ISBN: 978-960-418-632-7.

ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΗ ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ ΒΙΟΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

1. Acemoglu D, Laibson D, List J, «Μακροοικονομική» (Κ.Ε.: 50659270), Εκδόσεις Κριτική Α.Ε., 1^η Έκδοση, 2015, ISBN: 978-960-586-041-7.
2. Κιόχος Π, Παπανικολάου Γ, Κιόχος Α, «Μακροοικονομική Ανάλυση» (Κ.Ε. : 12260011), Εκδόσεις Ελένη Κιόχου, 1^η Έκδοση, 2011, ISBN: 978-960-98678-3-2.

Related Research Journals

1. ΕΚΘΕΣΕΙΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ, ΙΣΤΟΣΕΛΙΔΑ ΤΤΕ).
2. ΜΕΛΕΤΕΣ ΕΠΙΜΕΛΗΤΗΡΙΩΝ (ΑΚΑΔΗΜΑΪΚΕΣ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΕΣ).
3. ΕΚΘΕΣΕΙΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΩΝ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΩΝ (ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ, ΙΣΤΟΣΕΛΙΔΕΣ).
4. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΕΣ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΕΣ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΔΕΣ (ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΙΔΡΥΜΑΤΟΣ – ΑΚΑΔΗΜΑΪΚΕΣ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΕΣ).