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    This syllabus provides the following information: - The course is a master's level Financial Macroeconomics course taught at Bucharest University of Economic Studies in Romania. - The course will be taught over one semester for 6 ECTS credits, including 42 hours of lectures and seminars as well as 108 hours of individual study. - The course aims to provide an advanced understanding of financial macroeconomic principles, models, techniques and tools through lectures, applications, case studies and a group project. - Students will be evaluated through a written exam covering the application of macroeconomic techniques and tools to problems, which counts for 70% of the final grade, and a group case study project counting for 30% of the

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    This syllabus provides the following information: - The course is a master's level Financial Macroeconomics course taught at Bucharest University of Economic Studies in Romania. - The course will be taught over one semester for 6 ECTS credits, including 42 hours of lectures and seminars as well as 108 hours of individual study. - The course aims to provide an advanced understanding of financial macroeconomic principles, models, techniques and tools through lectures, applications, case studies and a group project. - Students will be evaluated through a written exam covering the application of macroeconomic techniques and tools to problems, which counts for 70% of the final grade, and a group case study project counting for 30% of the

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    This syllabus provides the following information: - The course is a master's level Financial Macroeconomics course taught at Bucharest University of Economic Studies in Romania. - The course will be taught over one semester for 6 ECTS credits, including 42 hours of lectures and seminars as well as 108 hours of individual study. - The course aims to provide an advanced understanding of financial macroeconomic principles, models, techniques and tools through lectures, applications, case studies and a group project. - Students will be evaluated through a written exam covering the application of macroeconomic techniques and tools to problems, which counts for 70% of the final grade, and a group case study project counting for 30% of the

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    SYLLABUS

    1. Program description
    1.1 University
    1.2 Faculty
    1.3 Department
    1.4 Field of study
    1.5 Study cycle
    1.6 Program of study/ Qualification

    Bucharest University of Economic Studies


    Finance, Insurance, Banks and Stock Exchanges
    Finance
    Finance
    Master
    Financial management and investments

    2. Course description
    2.1 The name of discipline
    Financial Macroeconomics
    Course Code
    14.0215ZI2.1-0002
    2.2 Professor for the course
    Prof.univ.dr. Iulian Brasoveanu
    2.3 Professor for the seminar Prof.univ.dr. Iulian Brasoveanu
    2.4 Year of Study II 2.5
    I 2.6 Type of the
    Exam 2.7 Type of
    Semester
    evaluation
    the course
    3. Total estimated time (hours/semester of didactic activities)
    3.1 Total number of teaching
    3
    of which:
    2
    hours per week
    3.2 course

    Mandatory

    1
    3.3 seminar/lab
    activities

    3.4 Total number of teaching


    42
    of which:
    28
    hours per semester (cf.
    3.5 course
    3.6 seminar/lab
    curricula)
    activities
    Time allotment for individual study
    Study of the lecture notes, course support, bibliography
    Additional documentation (in libraries, on electronic platforms, field documentation)
    Preparation for seminar/ lab classes, homework, referrals, projects and essays
    Tutorship
    Evaluation
    Other activities: Work on the projects assigned at the seminar
    3.7 Total number of hours for
    108
    individual study
    3.8 Total number of hours per
    150
    semester (teaching hours and
    individual study)
    3. 9 Number of ECTS credits
    6
    allocated
    4. Pre-requisites (if necessary)
    4.1 curriculum

    4.2 competences
    Current use of specific tools for Macroeconomics, of the statistic and
    econometric methods

    14
    Hours
    40
    18
    18
    10
    2
    20

    5. Requirements ( if necessary )
    5.1. regarding
    Lectures take place in rooms with multimedia teaching equipment
    course delivery
    5.2. regarding
    Seminars take place in rooms with multimedia teaching equipment
    seminar delivery

    Professional
    competencies

    6. Specific competencies acquired

    C1 - The use of scientific concepts and methods in interdisciplinary areas

    C5 - Modelling and analyzing the financial macroeconomic indicators

    7. Objectives of the discipline (outcome of the acquired competencies)


    7.1 General objective of
    Advanced use of the principles, methods, techniques and
    the discipline
    tools specific to financial macroeconomics
    7.2 Specific objective of
    Experimental use of the principles, methods, techniques
    the discipline
    and tools specific to financial macroeconomics;
    Current use of the macroeconomic, statistic and
    econometric knowledge
    Developing the knowledge and abilities required to achieve
    further macroeconomic studies and research projects on
    macroeconomic policies in national and international
    context
    Analysing the connections between the principal
    macroeconomic indicators (inflation rate, unemployment
    rate, public debt, current account, public budget)
    8. Content
    8. 1 Course

    Teaching methods

    Remarks

    Introductory course - Scope and principles of the


    financial macroeconomics

    1 lecture
    Active lecture,
    permanent interaction
    with the students.
    The lectures are using
    Power-Point support,
    Excel support and
    access to other
    multimedia resources.

    It is
    recommended
    for the students
    to previously
    read the lecture
    support material
    in order to be
    able to interact
    during class.

    Aggregate demand and supply


    Business cycle

    1 lecture;
    1 lecture

    Idem
    Idem

    Measuring National Income and Growth


    Economic growth theories
    Monetary policy instruments;
    Inflation and unemployment
    Monetary policy in the international context
    International Trade and Capital Flows
    Fiscal policy (fiscal balance, Laffer curve, fiscal
    multiplier,
    crowding-out,
    intergenerational
    effects, discretionary fiscal policy, automatic
    stabilizers)
    Effects of Government Regulation
    Public deficit and public debt
    Fiscal adjustment policies
    Tax evasion
    Fiscal policy in Romania and in European Union
    Bibliography

    1 lectures
    1 lectures
    1 lecture

    Idem
    Idem
    Idem

    1 lecture
    1 lecture
    1 lectures

    Idem
    Idem
    Idem

    1 lecture
    1 lecture
    1 lecture
    1 lecture
    1 lecture

    Idem
    Idem
    Idem
    Idem
    Idem

    Barro, Robert, Macroeconomics, MIT Press, Cambridge, Cambridge, 1997


    Barro, Robert; Grilli, Vittorio, European Macroeconomics, Macmillan, New York, 1994
    Braoveanu, Iulian Analize ale politcii fiscale n Romnia i n statele membre ale UE,
    ASE Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009
    Cmpeanu, Emilia Teorii privind echilibrul financiar public, Universitar Publishing
    House, Bucharest, 2005
    Mankiw, N, Gregory Macroeconomics, 4th ed., New York: Worth Publishers, 2000
    Obreja Braoveanu, Laura Impactul politicii fiscale asupra creterii economice, ASE
    Publishing House, Bucharest, 2007
    Stiglitz, Joseph, Principles of Macroeconomics, W.W.Norton, London, 1997
    Stoian, Andreea Dezechilibrele bugetului public n contextul economic actual, ASE
    Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009
    8. 2 Seminar/lab activities
    Teaching methods
    Remarks
    Applications
    The applications are selected from the
    Aggregate demand and
    supply
    course support material.
    Applications
    The applications are selected from the
    Business cycle
    course support material.
    The applications are selected from the
    Measuring
    National Applications
    Income and Growth
    course support material.
    The applications are selected from the
    Economic
    growth Applications
    theories
    course support material.
    Case study
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    Monetary
    policy Applications
    instruments;
    course support material.
    Inflation
    and Case study
    Each project group works on their own
    unemployment
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)

    Monetary policy in the Applications


    international context
    Case study

    International Trade and Applications


    Capital Flows
    Case study

    Fiscal
    policy
    (fiscal Applications
    balance, Laffer curve,
    fiscal
    multiplier, Case study
    crowding-out,
    intergenerational effects,
    discretionary
    fiscal
    policy,
    automatic
    stabilizers)
    Effects of Government Applications
    Regulation
    Case study

    Public deficit and public Applications


    debt
    Case study

    Fiscal adjustment policies Applications


    Case study

    Tax evasion

    Applications
    Case study

    Fiscal policy in Romania

    Applications
    Case study

    Fiscal policy in European

    Applications

    The applications are selected from the


    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)

    The applications are selected from the


    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the
    course support material.
    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)
    The applications are selected from the

    Union
    Case study

    course support material.


    Each project group works on their own
    case study (the country that was chosen
    for analysis)

    Bibliography

    Barro, Robert, Macroeconomics, MIT Press, Cambridge, Cambridge, 1997


    Barro, Robert; Grilli, Vittorio, European Macroeconomics, Macmillan, New York, 1994
    Braoveanu, Iulian Analize ale politcii fiscale n Romnia i n statele membre ale UE,
    ASE Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009
    Cmpeanu, Emilia Teorii privind echilibrul financiar public, Universitar Publishing
    House, Bucharest, 2005
    Durlauf, N. Steven, Danny T. Quah, The New Empirics of Economic Growth, Handbook of
    Macroeconomics,ed. John Taylor, Michael Woddford, 1999
    Mankiw, N, Gregory Macroeconomics, 4th ed., New York: Worth Publishers, 2000
    Mcgrattan, Ellen R., James A. Schmitz, Jr, Explaining Cross-Country Income Differences,
    Handbook of Macroeconomics, ed. John Taylor, Michael Woddford, 1999
    Obreja Braoveanu, Laura Impactul politicii fiscale asupra creterii economice, ASE
    Publishing House, Bucharest, 2007
    Solow, Robert M., Neoclassical Growth Theory, Handbook of Macroeconomics, ed. John
    Taylor, Michael Woddford, 1999
    Stiglitz, Joseph, Principles of Macroeconomics, W.W.Norton, London, 1997
    Stoian, Andreea Dezechilibrele bugetului public n contextul economic actual, ASE
    Publishing House, Bucharest, 2009

    9. Corroborating the content of the discipline with the expectations of the epistemic
    community, professional associations and representative employers within the field of the
    program
    Discussing the discipline contents with specialists, consultants and analysts from the Finance
    Ministry, Fiscal Council, National Bank of Romania, Romanian Academy.
    10. Evaluation
    Type of activity

    10.4 Course

    10.1 Evaluation criteria


    Subjects including
    problems that require the
    application of techniques
    and tools of financial
    macroeconomics and
    interpretation of results

    10.2 Evaluation methods

    10.3 Share
    in the final
    grade (%)

    Written exam
    70%

    10.5. Seminar/lab
    activities

    Date of syllabus
    proposal
    10.09.2013

    Group project (a project


    group has to have
    minimum two members
    and maximum five
    members)

    Case study
    30%

    Signature of the professor for the


    course

    Signature of the professor for the


    seminar

    Prof.univ.dr. Iulian BRAOVEANU

    Prof.univ.dr. Iulian BRAOVEANU

    Date of the approval in the


    department

    Signature of the Head of the department

    12.09.2013

    Conf.univ.dr. Lucian u

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