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Zajęcia w językach obcych oferowane studentom w ramach obowiązkowego programu studiów(rok akademicki 2008/2009)

Courses in foreign languages - academic year 2008/2009

Lp. Temat wykładu Liczba godzin

semestry Język Prowadzącyzimowy letni

1. Aktuelle Wirtschaftspolitik Polens und Deutschlands

30 30 . niem dr E.Dworak

2. Ausgewaehlte Probleme der Wirtschefs-und Regionalpolitik

30 30 niem. dr A.Dąbrowski

3. Basic econometrics 15 15 ang. mgr A.Staszewska4. Development economics 30 30 ang. prof.R.Piasecki5. Economic integration within the European

Union15 15 ang. dr M.Czernielewska-

Rutkowska

6. Economics of eastern Europe 30 30 ros. dr T.Maceikianec7. Economics of monetary union 60 60 ang. dr P.Gajewski8. Economic Transitions 30 30 ang. prof.R.Piasecki9. Elements of forecasting and simulation 15 15 ang. dr W.Florczak

dr A.Staszewskadr W.Grabowski

10. Financial econometrics: principals of modeling and forecasting

15 15 ang. dr P.Wdowiński,dr G.Szafrański

11. Fiscal policy 30 30 30 ang. dr P.Krajewski12. Foreign direct investment in the world economy 30 30 ang. prof.J.Witkowska13. Globalisation 30 30 ang. prof. R.Piasecki14. Innovation in contemporary economy. Theory

and policy30 30 ang. prof.W.Kasperkiewicz

15. International regulations in the global foreign 30 30 ang. prof.Z.Wysokińska

WYDZIAŁ EKONOMICZNO-SOCJOLOGICZNY UŁ

trade16. Introduction to game theory 15 15 15 ang. dr J.Neneman17. Introduction to game theory and decision

making under uncertainty15 15 ang. dr I.Konarzewska

18. Intermediate microeconomic and macroeconomic

30 30 ang. dr G.Walerysiak

19. Labour market and public policy 30 30 ang. prof.E.Kwiatkowski20. Linear programming in modelling and solving

economic decision problems15 15 ang. dr I.Konarzewska

21. Macroekonomics 30 30 ang. mgr A.Myślińska22. Macroeconomics 30 30 ang. dr K.Skorupińska23. Macroeconomics with elements of economic

policy30 30 ang. dr J.Działo

24. Microeconomics 30 30 ang. dr M.Kozłowski25. Operations reseach – basic and application 15 15 ang. dr I.Konarzewska26. Participative management 30 30 30 ang. prof.St.Rudolf27. Practical aspects of komputer systems

implementation In modern economy15 15 ang. mgr Ł.Murowaniecki

28. Real Estate Markets 15 15 ang. dr M.Sopiński29. Regionalpolitic der Europaischen Union

(Regional policy of the UE)30 30 ang. dr K.Lewandowski

30. Sectoral and multisectoral models of the economy

15 15 ang. dr hab. M.Plich, dr M.Przybyliński, mgr J.Boratyński

31. Statistics for business and economics 15 15 ang. Dr E.Roszko-Grzegorek32. Statistical market analysis 15 15 ang. dr A.Jędrzejczak,

dr J.Korzeniewski,dr A.Baszczyńska

Course title: OPERATIONS RESEACH - BASIC THEORY AND APPLICATIONSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01

Faculty: Economics and SociologyERASMUS Subject code:

ECTS points: 2Number of hours: 15

Duration: 1 semestersType: Lecture

Lecturer: Dr Iwona KonarzewskaTarget group: Informatics and Econometrics

Assessment Method: Written formPrerequisites: Mathematics, Statistics

Deadline of application:Contact person:

Description:

Mathematical methods of optimization for decision problems in business and economics with deterministic or probabilistic assumptions. Introduction to linear programming, simplex algorithm, duality and sensitivity analysis. Transportation problem. Decision-Making under uncertainty. Project management - CPM, PERT. Introduction to queueing models.

Literature:Lawrence J. A., Pasternack B. A. (2002): Applied Management Science, WileyWinston W. L., Albright S. Ch.: Practical Management Science, Wandsworth Publ. Co., 1997

Additional information:

Course title: LINEAR PROGRAMMING IN MODELLING AND SOLVING ECONOMIC DECISION PROBLEMSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 Semester Type: Lecture

Lecturer: Dr Iwona KonarzewskaTarget group:

Assessment Method: Written formPrerequisites: Linear Algebra


Description:

Introduction to linear programming: LP model, graphical solution of two-variable linear problems with sensitivity analysis, modelling special economic problems: blending problem, diet problem, work and production scheduling, multiperiod decision problems and others. Simplex algorithm: Duality and sensitivity analysis. Interpretation of the dual problem and its optimal solution. Transportation problem formulation of the transportation problem – constructing transportation tableau for balanced and unbalanced problems; special situations – prohibited routes, limited capacity, transshipment, methods for developing initial solution. Stepping-Stone and Modified Distribution (MODI) algorithms

Literature:

Anderson D.R., Sweeney D.J., Williams T. A.: Management Science, quantitative approaches to decision making, West Publ. Co.,1994

Hillier F. S., Lieberman G. J.: Introduction to Operations Research, Mc Graw-Hill Publ. Co., 1990Winston W. L., Albright S. Ch.: Practical Management Science, Wandsworth Publ. Co, 1997Winston W., L.: Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, Duxbury Press, Boston, 1987


Course title: INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY

School, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01Faculty: Economics and Sociology

ERASMUS Subject code:ECTS points: 2

Number of hours: 15Duration: 1 Semester

Type: LectureLecturer: Dr Iwona Konarzewska

Target group:Assessment Method: Written form

Prerequisites: Statistics, Linear AlgebraDeadline of application:

Contact person:

Description:

The elements of utility theory. Payoff-table analysis and different decision criteria: without probabilities – max-max, max-min, Hurwicz criterion, insufficient reason criterion, min-max regret; with probabilities – max expected payoff, min expected regret. Decision trees – solving decision problem using backward induction method. Value of perfect information. Decision making with experimentation – Bayes rule. Estimating value of sample/additional information. Two-person zero-sum and constant-sum games: pure and randomized strategies, domination, solving games – saddle points and solution in randomized strategies, graphical solution procedure, solving games by linear programming.

Literature:

Anderson D.R., Sweeney D.J., Williams T. A.: Management Science, quantitative approaches to decision making, West Publ. Co.,1994

Hillier F. S., Lieberman G. J.: Introduction to Stochastic Models in Operations Research, Mc Graw-Hill Publ. Co., 1990

Winston W. L., Albright S. Ch.: Practical Management Science, Wandsworth Publ. Co, 1997Winston W., L.: Operations Research: Applications and Algorithms, Duxbury Press, Boston,

1987.


Course title: STATISTICAL MARKET ANALYSISSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Dr Alina Jędrzejczak, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski, dr Aleksandra BaszczyńskaTarget group: students of the third year of Information and Econometrics

Assessment Method: Written test Prerequisites: General knowledge of English

Deadline of application:Contact person: Dr Alina Jędrzejczak, dr Jerzy Korzeniewski, dr Aleksandra Baszczyńska

Description:The course consists of 15 hours of classes during which students work on statistical texts written in English. Both understanding and speaking capacities are drilled during the course. The scope of the subject covers characteristics of statistical population, measures of statistical correlation and methods of dynamical phenomena investigation.

Literature: Levine D. E., Berenson M. L., Stephan D. (1999), „Statistics for Managers”, Prentice HallAdditional information:

Course title: INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC AND MACROECONOMICSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Dr Grzegorz WalerysiakTarget group:

Assessment Method: Two interterm tests Prerequisites: Basic math


Description:

The aims is to make students acquaint with basic micro and macro theories to make them ready to analyze and present basic processes and mechanisms connected with market and economic policy.Content1 Market: supply and demand side (curves, equations), the market mechanism, elasticities2. The analysis of competitive markets (evaluating the gains and losses from government policy (minimum prices, quotas, taxes, consumer and producer surplus)3. Market structure: monopoly (sources of monopoly power, the social costs of monopoly power4. Price discrimination5. The goods market (composition of GDP, the determination of equilibrium)6. Financial market (demand for money, the determination of interest rate)7. The IS-LM model (government policy in IS-LM model)8. The AS-AD model (aggregate supply and labor market, the short and medium run, effects of a monetary policy, budget deficit and other factors in short and medium run).

Literature:a) Pindyck R., Microeconomics, Prentice Hall International, London 2001b) Blanchard O., Macroeconomics, Prentice Hall International, Massachutsetts 2003

Hirshleifer J., Price theory and applications, Prentice Hall International, London 1988Additional information:

Course title: MACROECONOMICS School, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Katarzyna Skorupińska, PhDTarget group: Students of Economics, III year

Assessment Method: Final work at the end of the semester, active participation in classes Prerequisites: Knowledge of English, basic knowledge of macroeconomics

Deadline of application:Contact person: Mr Tadeusz Wejchert, [email protected]

Description: I. Preliminaries

1. Aggregate Output

2. The Other Major Macroeconomics Variables

II. The Goods Market

1. The Composition of GDP

2. The Demand for Goods

3. The Determination of Equilibrium Output

4. Conditions for Equilibrium in the Goods Market

III. Financial Market

1. The Demand for Money

2. The Determination of the Interest Rate

3. Monetary Policy and Open Market Operations

4. The Supply and the Demand for Central Bank Money

IV. Goods and Financial Market: The IS-LM Model

1. The Goods Market and the IS Relation

2. Financial Market and the LM Relation

3. Putting the IS and the LM Relations Together

4. Fiscal Policy

1. Aggregate Output

2. The Other Major

Macroeconomics

Variables

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5. Monetary Policy

V. The Labor Market

1. Movements in Unemployment

2. Wage Determination

3. Price Determination

4. The Natural Rate of Unemployment

VI. Putting All Markets Together: The AS-AD Model

1. Aggregate Supply

2. Aggregate Demand

3. Equilibrium in the Short Run and in the Medium Run

4. The Effects of a Monetary Expansion

5. A Decrease in the Budget Deficit

Literature:O. Blanchard, 2003, Macroeconomics, (Third Edition), Prentice Hall International

E. Dulio, 1998, Macroeconomics, McGraw-Hill

Additional information: -

Course title: LABOUR MARKET AND PUBLIC POLICYSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 SemesterType: Lecture and Conversation

Lecturer: prof. zw. dr hab. Eugeniusz KwiatkowskiTarget group:

Assessment Method: Preparation of one paper (essay) on the base of literature, active participation in discussions.Prerequisites: none


Description:

1. Labour market: definitions.2. Labour market trends in Poland and other countries.3. Labour market theories: classical, keynesian, natural rate of unemployment, NAIRU.4. Unemployment in Poland and other countries.5. Types of unemployment. Unemployment theories.6. Macroeconomic policy and unemployment. Fiscal policy. Monetary policy. Main controversies.7. Labour Market Policies: passive and active.8. Labour Market Policies in Poland.9. How to beat unemployment: main recommendations.

Literature:1. D. Bosworth, P. Dawkins and T. Stromback The Economics of the Labour Market, Longman 1996;2. R. Dornbusch and S. Fischer Macroeconomics, McGraw – Hill, 1990;3. E. Kwiatkowski, M.W. Socha, U. Sztanderska, Labour Market Flexibility and Employment Security Poland, “Employment Paper”,

2001/28, ILO, Geneva.Additional information:

Course title: FISCAL POLICYSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Piotr KrajewskiTarget group: students of economics

Assessment Method: examPrerequisites:

Deadline of application:Contact person: Piotr Krajewski

Description:

1. The definition of fiscal policy2. Public sector in Poland 3. The main element sof public sector in Poland 4. Central budget 5. Budget revenues6. PIT7. CIT8. VAT9. Excise 10. Social security contributions11. Budget expenditures12 Budget deficit13. Public debt

Literature: Stiglitz Ekonomia sektora publicznego 2004 PWN, Economics of Public the Sector 2000

Additional information: -

Course title: ECONOMICS OF EASTERN EUROPESchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01

Faculty: Economics and Sociology



Type: LectureLecturer: dr Tadeusz Maceikianec

Target group: Students of economy faculty studying russian languageAssessment Method: The written test on the end of semester

Prerequisites:Deadline of application:

Contact person: dr Tadeusz Maceikianec

Description:

Main objective of the course is audience’s familiarization with economy of all Eastern Europe countries(Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia), its condition, mechanisms and institutions of functioning, most important problems and development trends. Relative competitiveness of Polish economy. Main results: knowledge of strengths and weaknesses of the regions economy and knowledge of specialistic russian onomastics.

Literature:С.Роузфилд, Сравнительная экономика стран мира. Культура, богатство и власть в XXI веке, Московский государственный институт международных отношений , Москва 2004Н.В.Захарова, Экономика стран Европейского союза. Учебное пособие, Гардарики, Москва 2008


Course title: ECONOMICS OF MONETARY UNIONSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 2 Semesters Type: Seminar

Lecturer: Pawel GajewskiTarget group:

Assessment Method: Short presentations, discussion, semester tests.Prerequisites: Macroeconomics, basic knowledge of international economics


Description:

The course aims at discussing vital macroeconomic issues through the prism of participating in a monetary union. The course is composed of two parts (one part per one semester):

(i) Theoretical aspects of economics in a monetary union and the performance of eurozone (issues: history of economic and monetary integration, OCA theory, macroeconomic policy under monetary union, common monetary policy, economic track of the eurozone, fiscal policies and the SGP, impact of EMU on prices, reasons not to join)

(ii) Poland and EMU (issues: Polish economy now, Poland and OCA criteria, costs and benefits of a monetary union, mechanisms of absorbing shocks, areas of reforms)

The course starts and ends with a “join or not to join” debate. Each topic is introduced in a short presentation prepared by the students. The group is then encouraged to ask questions and express opinions on the presentation and the topic itself. The lecturer is responsible for moderating the discussion and ensuring that all the key problems related to the topic are covered in the discussion.

Students obtain points for presentations and active participation in discussions. They are graded based on the amount of points gathered during the semester.

Literature: Textbook: Paul de Grauwe, “Economics of Monetary Union”, Oxford University Press.Additional papers and reports (or relevant links) are distributed through email.


Course title: MICROECONOMICSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 Semester

Type: LectureLecturer: Maciej Kozłowski

Target group: 1Assessment Method: Exams

Prerequisites: English & Basic Microeconomics KnowledgeDeadline of application:

Contact person: Mr. Maciej Kozłowski

Description:

The purpose of a course in Microeconomics is to provide a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers, both consumers and producers, within the larger economic system. It places primary emphasis on the nature and functions of product markets, and includes the study of factor markets and of the role of government in promoting greater efficiency and equity in the economy.

Literature:

C.R.McConnell, S.L.Brue, W.H.Pope, Microeconomics, 1990, McGraw-HillRyerson Limited, Toronto

Bradley R. Schiller, The Economy Today, 1989, Random House, Business Division, New York

Frank Robert H., Bernanke Ben S., Principles of Microeconomics, 2006

Frank Robert H., Microeconomics and Behavior, 2005

W. Nicholson, Intermediate Microeconomics, SouthWest Thomson Learning, 2006

Additional:W.J.Ethier, 1988, Modern International Economics, W.W. Norton and Company, New York-London:


Course title: REGIONALPOLITIK DER EUROPÄISCHEN UNION ( REGIONAL POLICY OF THE UE)School, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Krzysztof Lewandowski, PhDTarget group: Polish students of Economics, 3rd year

Assessment Method: testPrerequisites: Good knowledge of German


Description:

History of the EU, Institutions of the EU, Budget of the European Community, determinants of regional growth, regional policy in new theories, evolution of the regional policy in the EC; instruments of the regional policy; objectives of the regional policy; forms of intervention; EU structural policy in period 2007 – 2013; Interaction of Community`s and national regional policy in Poland and Germany.

Literature:

A. Hoppe, Europäische Regionalpolitik und ihre national Implementation, Leske & Budrich, Opladen 2001.W. Weidenfeld, W. Wessels (Hrsg.), Europa von A bis Z, Nomos, Berlin 2006.K. Toepel, Zusammenwirken von nationaler und europäischer Regionalpolitik in den neuen Bundesländern, Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main.R. Bieber, A. Epinay, M. Haag, Die Europäische Union, Nomos, Baden – Baden 2008.


Course title: MACROECONOMICSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 8

Number of hours: 60Duration: 2 semesters

Type: ConversatoryLecturer: Anna Myślińska

Target group: Full time students, second cycle (both Polish and foreign)Assessment Method: Attendance, activity, essays

Prerequisites: I would prefer basic economic courses but as not all of my students have taken it - noneDeadline of application:

Contact person: Anna Myślińska

Description:

Mostly lecture, with some questions to students.

Literature: J. Sachs, F. Larrain, Macroeconomics In The Global Economy, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1993David Romer, Advanced Macroeconomics, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York, St. Louis et al., 1996


Course title: INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS IN THE GLOBAL FOREIGN TRADESchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 4


Type: LectureLecturer: Prof. dr hab. Zofia Wysokinska

Target group: Master degree IV year Economics Assessment Method: Lecture with the active participation of students

Prerequisites: Students is obliged to have basic knowledge concerning the International Economics or International Economic RelationsDeadline of application:

Contact person: Zofia Wysokinska; e-mail: [email protected]

Description:

1. Liberalization of foreign trade in the world economy

2. The role of the WTO in the world economy3. Transnational regulations within the WTO (provisions and clauses)

4. The role of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

5. The role of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

6. Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)- Agreements within the WTO regulations

7. Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA)

8. Cooperation of the WTO with International Standardization Organization (ISO)

9. Common Trade Policy (CTP) of the EU and its instruments

10. Reform of CTP in the context of the WTO provisions

11. Competition policy in the EU and provisions of the WTO

12. Anti-dumping Agreement

13. The Agreement on Clothing and Textiles (ACT)

14. Adaptation to WTO and EU rules in Poland

Literature:

1) WTO Annual Report, http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/annual_report_e.htm

2) Zofia Wysokinska, Foreign Trade in Environmental Products; The WTO Regulations and Environmental Programs, Global Economy Journal , 2005

3) Documents and Reports from the WTO Web-side, www.wto.org


http://www.wto.org/

Course title: MACROECONOMICS WITH ELEMENTS OF ECONOMIC POLICYSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Joanna DzialoTarget group: 3-rd year students

Assessment Method: Written examPrerequisites: Basic knowledge of economics

Deadline of application:Contact person: Joanna Działo

Description:

1/The goods market: composition of GDP, demand for goods, determination of equilibrium output, investment equal saving

2/Financial markets: demand for money, supply of money, determination of interest rate3/ Goods and financial markets: the IS-LM model: using a policy mix, how does the IS-LM model fit the facts?

4/ The labour market: movements in unemployment, wage determination, price determination, the natural rate of unemployment5/Putting all markets together: the AS-AD model: aggregate supply, aggregate demand, equilibrium in the short run and the medium run, the effects of a monetary expansion, an increase in the budget deficit6/The natural rate of unemployment and the Phillips curve: inflation, expected inflation and unemployment Phillips curve7/ Openness in goods and financial markets: exports and imports, the choice between domestic goods and foreign goods, nominal exchange rate, from nominal to real exchange rate8/ The goods market in an open economy: the IS relation in an open economy, equilibrium output and the trade balance

Literature: R.S. Pindyck, D.L. Rubensfeld, 2001, Microeconomics, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall International. Inc.The Economists, different issues

Additional information: J. Sachs, F. Larrain, Macroeconomics In The Global Economy, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1993W. E. Griffiths, R. Carter Hill, G. G. Judge, Learning and practising econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993

Course title: FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS: PRINCIPLES OF MODELLING AND FORECASTINGSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: dr Grzegorz Szafrański, dr Piotr WdowinskiTarget group: Econometrics, Finance students

Assessment Method: final test and econometric project on financial series modelling / forecastingPrerequisites: basic econometrics (preferably in English)

Deadline of application:Contact person: dr Grzegorz Szafrański, dr Piotr Wdowiński

Description:

The course is focused on modelling and forecasting financial markets. Students do research with financial data (e.g. stock returns, interest rate, exchange rates). Single-equation econometric models with low and high frequency data are used in forecasting. New econometric methods are applied, like GARCH modelling framework, vector autoregression models, cointegration and error correction models. Students present both theoretical and empirical research on modelling financial time series. The research is done with econometric software GRETL

Literature:

1. Brooks (2002), Introductory Econometrics for Finance, CUP, with slides available online at www.cambridge.org 2. Campbell, Lo and MacKinley (1997), The econometrics of financial markets, Princeton University Press.3. Fama, French (2004), The Capital Asset Pricing Model: Theory and Evidence, Journal of Economic Perspective, 18, 25-46.4. Osińska M. (2006), Ekonometria finansowa, PWE, Warszawa.5. Szafrański (2008), The Interest Rate Pass-through in Poland 1997-2005, Findecon Monograph Series: Advances in Financial Market Analysis

Number 4: Financial Markets: Principles of Modelling, Forecasting, and Decision-Making, WUŁ.6. Wdowiński P. (2004), Determinants of Country Beta Risk in Poland, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1120.


Course title: SECTORAL AND MULTISECTORAL MODELS OF THE ECONOMYSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 SemesterType: Seminar

Lecturer:Dr hab. Mariusz PlichDr Michał PrzybylińskiDr Jakub Boratyński

Target group: Students with background in quantitative economicsAssessment Method: Presentations and written test

Prerequisites: Econometrics, Macroeconomics, MicroeconomicsDeadline of application:

Contact person: Dr hab. Mariusz PlichDescription: During the course students are introduced into sectoral and multisectoral modelling. They learn the principles of building and application

of integrated models and applied general equilibrium models.Course contents:

1. Multisectoral modelling – basic concepts. Applications of multisectoral models of the economy.2. General outline of an INFORUM-type model. Blocks of the INFORUM model: foreign trade, consumption, investment, wages,

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labour productivity, employment.3. Basic assumptions and structure of a typical applied general equilibrium (AGE) model.4. Parameter calibration in AGE models. Simulation and comparative static analysis. Extensions to the basic specification.5. Demand systems.6. Estimation problems in sectoral models.

Literature:

CompulsoryAlmon, C. (1979) A System of Consumption Functions and its Estimation for Belgium, Southern Economic Journal, vol. 46, No. 1, July,

pp. 85‐106.Almon, C. (1996) A Perhaps Adequate Demand System. Inforum Working Papers or: Modeling Consumer Demand. In: Craft of Economic

Modeling. Part 3. Chapter 18.Almon, C. (1996) Regression with just the facts. Inforum Working Papers.Grassini, M. (2005), CGE Versus Inforum Modelling Approach, 15th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques,

http://inforumweb.umd.edu/papers/ioconferences/2005/GrassiniPeking.pdf.Kehoe, P. J., Kehoe, T. J. (1994), A Primer on Static Applied General Equilibrium Models, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Quarterly Review, Vol. 18, No. 1.Meade, D. S. (2001), The LIFT Model, Inforum Working Papers (WP#01-002).Pan, S., Yu, S., 2003, Introduction to MUDAN Model (CUFE Version),

http://www.inforum.umd.edu/papers/conferences/2003/s_pan01.pdf.SupplementaryAlmon, C., Craft of Economic Modeling (parts 1-3).Deaton, A. and Muellbauer, J. (1980) An almost ideal demand system, American Economic Review, Vol. 70, No. 3, June, pp. 312‐326.Deaton, A. (1986) Demand Analysis. In: Griliches Z., M. D. Intriligator (eds.) Handbook of Econometrics. Elsevier Science Publisher.

Chapter 30.McKitrick, R. R. (1998), The Econometric Critique of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling: The Role of Functional Forms,

Economic Modelling, Vol. 15.Plich, M. (2000) System of Demand Functions for Poland – New Estimates. In: Proceedings of AMFET'99 Conference – Modelling

Economies in Transition, Absolwent, Łódź: 161–185.Ponewczyński M. (2005), Consumption in the IMPEC Model with Application of the Perhaps Adequate Demand System – New Results.

In: Modelling Economies In Transition 2004. AMFET, Łódź.Shoven, J. B., Whalley, J. (1984), Applied General-Equilibrium Models of Taxation and International Trade: An Introduction and Survey,

Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 22.


Course title: STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 Semester Type: Tutorials

Lecturer: Elżbieta Roszko-GrzegorekTarget group: Course participants both national and international students.

Assessment Method: Attendance, active participation and submission of assignment will be grounds to pass the course.

Prerequisites: During this course students will learn how to apply statistical terminology in English. Due to this knowledge of descriptive statistics methods supported by the ability of making calculations is a must.


Description: 1. Data, measurement, and statistics2. Descriptive statistics I:

Qualitative data Quantitative data Frequency distribution Class and class width Graphs

3. Descriptive statistics II: Mean Median Mode Percentiles Quartiles Measures of dispersion

4. Simple linear regression and correlation:5. Index numbers

Literature:

1. T. Walczak, Słownik terminów statystycznych, GUS, Warszawa 19972. A. Welfe, J. Brzeszczyński, M. Majsterek, Angielsko-polski i polsko-angielski słownik terminów metod ilościowych, PWE,

Warszawa 20023. D.Z. Anderson, D.J. Sweeney, T.A. Williams, Statistics for Business and Economics, West Publishing Company 1990 4. BLS Handbook of Methods, US, Department of Labour Bureau of Labour Statistics, April 1997


Course title: PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION IN MODERN ECONOMYSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01

Faculty: Faculty of Economics and SociologyERASMUS Subject code:


Duration: 1 SemesterType: Conversatory

Lecturer: Dr Łukasz MurowanieckiTarget group:

Assessment Method: Preparation of the paper by every student and presentation of this paper to other studentsPrerequisites: None


Description: A teaching objectives is preparation to work with documents in English, introduction to rules of topic presentation in English, introduction to basic terms in computer science.Contents:1. Selection of proper English sources.2. Preparation of chosen topic by each student. 3. Presentation of prepared topic. 4. After presentation: discussion, q&a, teacher’s comments and summary.

Exemplary list of topics:1. Computer crimes

2. History of digital communication3. Information technology and computers in modern economy4. Digital wallet (e-money)5. Computing file formats6. Key features of on-line banking7. Voice over Internet Protocol8. Artificial intelligence9. Cryptography10. EAN and bar codes11. Enterprise Resource Planning12. Digital photography13. Software engineering14. System analysis and design

Literature: Bibliography depends on the topic selected by student. For every topic lecturer suggests list of materials and literature.


Course title: REAL ESTATE MARKETSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Dr Michał SopińskiTarget group:

Assessment Method: Test, getting creditPrerequisites:

Deadline of application:Contact person: Dr Michał Sopiński, [email protected]

Description:1. Real Estate as an economic good2. Legal basis3. Physical characteristic features4. Economic characteristic features5. Legal and institutional characteristic features6. Functions of real estate7. Definitions of real estate market8. Real estate market characteristics9. Property market diversification


10. Demand and supply analysis11. Property market balance12. Functions of real estate market13. Property market subjects14. Real estate market fluctuations15. Real estate and capital markets16. Property and portfolio theory17. Value vs. price18. Real estate European markets19. Global property markets20. Polish vs. foreign real estate markets

Literature:

Kodeks cywilny E. Kucharska-Stasiak: Nieruchomość w gospodarce rynkowej, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN Warszawa 2006 r. E. Kucharska-Stasiak - red.: Inwestowanie w nieruchomości, Valor Łódź 1999 r. E. Kucharska-Stasiak - red.: Zarządzanie nieruchomościami, Valor Łódź 2000 r. J. Brzeski - red.: Vademecum zarządcy nieruchomości, Krakowski Instytut Nieruchomości Kraków 2001 r.

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Course title: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNIONSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Dr Małgorzata Czernielewska - RutkowskaTarget group:

Assessment Method: Test, getting creditPrerequisites:

Deadline of application:Contact person: Dr Małgorzata Czernielewska – Rutkowska, [email protected]

Description:

1.Institutional and legal rchitecture of the European Union. The process of wideningand deepening of the European integration2.Financial system of the European Union: general budget - statement of revenues andexpenditure, principles of budgetary law, budgetary procedure, financial control by Courtof Auditors and OLAF, Delors I, Delors II, Agenda 2000 packages, towards new financialperspective, main dilemmas of EU public finances.3.Budgetary and monetary policies as two main centres of policy-making. Exchange ratepolicy4.Is the Single Market really single? Internal Market - an area without internal borderswhere free movements of goods, freedom to provide sendces, free movement of capitaland free movement of workers and people is ensured as a cornerstone of the Europeaneconomic integration. A tentative assessment5.Labour market as a challenge for employment policy: main employment indicators,the Luxembourg process, the European Social Fund as a main tool of social policy6.Why and what policy of socio-economic cohesion in the European Union?. Status quo,outcome, towards a new (?) policy7.The European Union in the world - international comparisons. The most dynamic andknowledge-based economy? The Lisbon process: strategy, outcome, policy challenges,mid-term review, strengthening

Literature:

Artis, M., Nixon, F. (1997), The Economics ofthe European Union, Oxford University Press

El-Agraa, A et al. (2000), The European Union: History, Institutions, Economics and Policies, Prentice HaliGrauwe, P. de (2000), Economics ofMonetary Union, Oxford University Press, 2000Hitiris, T. (1998), The European Union Economics, Prentice HaliPelkmans, J. (2001), European Integration. Methods and Economic Analysis, Longman


Swann, D. (2000), The Economics of Europę: from Common Market to the European Union, Penguin

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Course title: AUSGEWAEHLTE PROBLEME DER WIRTSCHAFTS- UND REGIONALPOLITIKSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 4 Number of hours: 30


Lecturer: Dr Adam DąbrowskiTarget group:

Assessment Method:

Prerequisites: Grundlagen der Makro- und Mikrooekonomie

Deadline of application:Contact person: Dr Adam Dąbrowski, [email protected]

Description:

I. Das Wesen der Wirtschaftspolitik Zum Begriff und Inhalt der Wirtschaftspolitik Rahmenbedingungen der Wirtschaftspolitik Disziplinaere Verknupfung Theoretische Konzeptionen der Wirtschaftspolitik /Dogmengeschichtliche Grundlagen/

II. Problembereiche der Wirtschaftspolitik Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik – Elemente des wirtschaftspolitischen Entscheidungsprozesses,Elemente der Wirtschaftspolitik /Ziele, Mittel Traeger/ Strukturpolitik Geldpolitik Fiskalpolitik Arbeitsmarktpolitik Aussenwirtschaftspolitik

III. Regionalpolitik in Praxis Begruendung einer Regionalpolitik Ziele der Regionalpolitik Instrumente Regionale Strategien UE-Regionalpolitik Fallbeispiele : /Deutschland, Polen/

Literature:

Vahlens Kompendium der Wirtschaftstheorie und Wirtschaftspolitik, Verlag Vahlen, neuste Auflage.Hans-Rudolf Paters, Grundlagen der Mesooekonomie und Strukturpolitik, Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern und Stuttgart, neuste Auflage.L.Schaetzl, Wirtschaftsgeographie, /3 Baende/,Schoeningh, Muenchen, Wien, Zuerich 1998.F. Buttler, K.Gerlach, P.Liepmann, Grundlagen der Regionalpolitik, Reinbek bei Hamburg, neuste Auflage.P.Winiarski (red.), Polityka gospodarcza, PWN, Warszawa 2000.


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Course title: INTORDUCTION TO GAME THEORYSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Jarosław NenemanTarget group:

Assessment Method: Written examPrerequisites: Introduction to Microeconomics


Description:

Non-technical introduction to Game Theory. First the tools of Game Theory are presented, then its applications. The lecture is full of games played among and with students. CONTENT Basic ideas and terminology Games with sequential moves, extend form of game Games with simultaneous moves, normal form of game Prisoners’ dilemma Strategic moves

Literature: A. Dixit, S. Skeath, Games of Strategy, 2nd ed., W.W. Norton, 2004


Course title: PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENTSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 4


Type: SeminarLecturer: Professor Stanisław Rudolf

Target group: 20 studentsAssessment Method: Tests

Prerequisites: Essay and presentation on one of the issuesDeadline of application: 30th of September or 15th of February

Contact person: Tadeusz Wejchert +48426355363, [email protected]

Description:

Issues: Main forms of participative management, The role of creativity in business , The concept of total quality management, Communication in company, Group forms of work organisation, Brain storming, Team building, Search conferences, Changes management, Quality circles, The stages of problem solving process, European Works Councils, Workers participation in the supervisory board of companies, Privatisation and participative management , Participative management as an important aspect of globalisation , The concept of company marketing orientation , Knowledge management,

Literature:

Compulsory:E. Poustma, Recent Trends in Employee Financial Participation in the European Union, Luxembourg, 2002P.M Senge, The dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations, 2001

Supplementary:E. Bono, Serious Creativity, New York, 1992K. Sisson (editor), New Forms of Work Organisation. Can Europe realise its potential?, Dublin 1997D.K.Carry, K.J.Hard, W.J.Trahant, Managing in the Change Process, McGraw-Hill 1996P.F.Drucker, Managing in Turbulent Times, Oxford, 1990


Course title: ELEMENTS OF FORECASTING AND SIMULATIONSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01

Faculty: Sociology and EconomicsERASMUS Subject code:


Duration: 1 semester Type: Lecture

Lecturer: Dr Waldemar Florczak, dr Anna Staszewska, mgr Wojciech GrabowskiTarget group:

Assessment Method: Written examinationPrerequisites:


Description:

1. Basic concepts and notions. 2. Forecasting in the regression model. 3. Forecasting in the simultaneous equations model and in the VAR. 4. Forecasting in qualitative variables models. 5. Forecasting in count data models. 6. Forecasting currency and financial crises. 7. Combined forecasts. 8. Simulation analyses.

Literature:

1. Goldberger A. S., Econometric Theory, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1964 2. Maddala G. S., Introduction to Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Chichester, 2002 3. Maddala G. S., Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics, Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge, 19944. Makridakis S., Wheelwright S. C., Hyndman R. J., Forecasting. Methods and Application, John Wiley & Sons, New

York, 1998 5. Whitley J. D., A Course in Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting, Harvester Wheatsheaf, New York, 1994 6. Welfe A., Brzeszczyński J., Majsterek M., Angielsko-polski, polsko-angielski słownik terminów metod ilościowych,

PWE, Warszawa, 2002


Course title: BASIC ECONOMETRICSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 SemesterType: Lecture

Lecturer: dr Anna StaszewskaTarget group: 3rd year of Informatics and Econometrics

Assessment Method: Written examPrerequisites: Introductory course in Econometrics

Deadline of application:Contact person: dr Anna Staszewska

Description:

This unit aims to familiarise the students with econometrics as it is presented in the English language. It should enable the students to apply statistical techniques to the estimation and testing of economic models and thereby provide them with skills necessary both to undertake their own empirical studies and to evaluate empirical work in the published literature.Course contents: regression inference, specification analysis and model selection, simultaneous equations models, Monte Carlo experiments and the bootstrap.

Literature:

1/ compulsory:1. A.Welfe, J.Brzeszczyński, M.Majsterek, Słownik terminów metod ilościowych. Angielsko–polski. Polsko-angielski, PWE Warszawa, 2002.2. Greene W. H., Econometric Analysis, Prentice Hall, 2008

2/ supplementary:1. W.Charemza, D.F.Deadman, New Directions in Econometric Practice, London, 19972. Davidson R., MacKinnon J.G., Econometric Theory and Methods, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 20043. G.S.Maddala, Introduction to Econometrics, Wiley, 20014. Pindyck R.S., Rubinfeld D.L., Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991


COURSE TITLE: ECONOMIC TRANSITIONSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01


ECTS points: 4Number of hours: 30 hours


Lecturer: Prof. dr Ryszard PiaseckiTarget group:

Assessment Method: 60% final test, 10% participation, 30% two essays

Prerequisites: Microeconomics, macroeconomicsDeadline of application: End of February

Contact person: Prof.. Dr Ryszard Piasecki

Description:

CONTENT:

I. Recent economic trends and prospects

II. Macroeconomic policiesa) monetary managementb) fiscal stancec) assessment of macroeconomic policies

III. Progress in structural reforma) the labour marketb) pension reformc) privatisation and enterprise restructuringd) the banking system

IV. The health carea) reforming the systemb) problems that need to be addressed by the reformc) achieving equity objectivesd) assessment and recommendations

V. The tax system reforma) the economic and social context influencing the design of the tax systemb) taxation and economic performancec) scope for further reform

VI. Poland in the European Union

VII. Poland and globalisation

Literature:


Course title: INNOVATION IN CONTEMPORARY ECONOMY. THEORY AND POLICY.School, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: dr hab. Witold Kasperkiewicz, professorTarget group: 3 year

Assessment Method: Written examPrerequisites:

Deadline of application: 30.06.2009Contact person:

Description:

Theories of innovation, national system of innovation, innovation policy, knowledge-based economy, intellectual capital in firm

Literature:1. Ch. Freeman, The Economics of Industrial Innovation, F. Pinter, London, 1982.2. J. A. Schumpeter, Business Cycles, New York - London, 1939.3. M. M. Fischer, Innovation, Networks and Knowledge Spillovers, Springer, Berlin 2006.


Course title: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE WORLD ECONOMY

School, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01Faculty: Economics and Sociology



Type: LectureLecturer: Prof. Janina Witkowska

Target group: Students of EconomicsAssessment Method: Presentation of papers (50%) and active participation in classes (50%).

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of international economics

Deadline of application: October 1stContact person: Ms Daria Fidos

Description:

1. Transnational corporations and foreign direct investment. Main definitions. Types of foreign direct investment.2. Recent trends in foreign direct investment in the world economy. Geographical patterns of global foreign direct

investment. Sector/branch structure of foreign direct investment.3. Motives for and barriers to foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe. 4. Policy towards foreign investors. Definition and main types of foreign direct investment incentives.5. Incentives competition among countries. Consequences for host countries.

6. Trade–related investment measures. GATT/WTO Agreement on TRIMs. Prohibited TRIMs according to the Agreement.

7. Foreign direct investment and development – effects on development through trade.8. Foreign direct investment and development of host countries:

savings and investment, Technology transfer and innovation.

9. Foreign direct investment and development of host countries: entrepreneurship and linkages employment and skill development

10. Foreign direct investment, trade and development: policy issues.

11. Social responsibility of transnational corporations. UN Global Compact.

12. Foreign direct investment theories: the traditional view, the ‘oligopolistic’ advantages theory, the product life-cycle theory, the internalisation theory, the eclectic theory of international production.

13. Foreign direct investment inflows into Poland: selected aspects. Characteristics of foreign direct investment according to country of origin, sector/ branch structure and regional structure.

14. Consequences of foreign direct investment inflows for the economy of Poland.

Literature: 1/ Compulsory:1. World Investment Report 2008. Transnational Corporations, and the Infrastructure Challenge (Overview), UN, N. York

and Geneva, 20082. M. Du Pont, Foreign Direct Investment in Transitional Economies. A Case Study of China and Poland,

Houndsmills, London, N. York 20003. Foreign Direct Investment and Development, UN, N. York and Geneva,1999

2/ Optional:

1. J. Witkowska , Foreign Direct Investment in the Changing Business Environment of the European Union's New Member States, http://www.bepress.com/gej/vol7/iss4/2

http://www.bepress.com/gej/vol7/iss4/2

2. Incentives and Foreign Direct Investment, UN, N. York and Geneva, 19973. Implementing the Global Compact. A Booklet for Inspiration, UNDP, Copenhagen June 2005.


Course title: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSSchool, city: Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Prof.zw.dr hab. Ryszard PiaseckiTarget group:

Assessment Method: 40% essays (3), 10% participation, 50% final testPrerequisites: Microeconomics, macroeconomics

Deadline of application: End of OctoberContact person: Prof. Ryszard Piasecki

Description:

AIMS

To provide students with knowledge of development economics ( theory and practise) in the context of globalisation processes. To make them analyse development problems connected with the global economy. The accent is put on recognition of the crisis of economic development, poverty, the Washington Consensus limits, institutional and cultural aspects of development, strategies of development, new development paradigms.

CONTENT

1. Defining, measuring, and analysing economic development 2. Theories of economic development – general framework3. Import-substitution and export-oriented strategies (country case studies of South-East Asian, Latin American and African countries)4. New country-specific strategy (India, China)5. The Washington Consensus (its limits) and Post-Washington Consensus6. Institutional and cultural factors of development7. The Dilemmas of Development

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On completion of this module a student should be able to: Identify, define, and analyse main factors of economic development and globalisation Describe and know how to measure the level of economic development To describe, and compare main development modelsTo understand main globalisation challenges

Literature:TEXTBOOK

Ha-Joon Chang (ed), Rethinking development economics, Anthem, Press 2002

RECCOMMENDED READING

Ash Narain Roy, The Third World in the Age of Globalisation: Requiem or New Agenda ?, Zed Books,

London and New York, 1999

Ben Fine, Costas Lapavitsas i Jonathan Pincus (ed), Development Policy in the Twenty.first Century

(beyond the post-Washington consensus), Routledge, London 2001

Oswaldo de Rivero, The Myth of Development: The non-viable economies of the XXI century, Zed

Book Ltd, New York 2001Piasecki R., Wolnicki M., “The Evolution of Development Economics and Globalization”, International Journal of Social

Economics, London – New York, March 2004

Severine Rugumamu, Globalization and Africa’s Future: Towards Structural Stability, Integration and

Sustainable Development, AAPS Occas.pap. ser ISSN 1561-9478, vol. 5, no 2, 2001

Stiglitz J.E., Knowledge for Development: Economic Science. Economic Policy and Economic Advice, The

World Bank 1999

Streeten P., Globalisation: Threat or Opportunity, Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen 2001


Course title: GLOBALISATIONSchool, city: University of Lodz, PL LODZ 01




Lecturer: Prof.zw.dr hab. Ryszard PiaseckiTarget group:

Assessment Method: 40% essays (3), 10% participation, 50% final testPrerequisites: Microeconmics, macroeconomics

Deadline of application: End of October, 2008Contact person: Prof.zw. dr hab. Ryszard Piasecki

Description:AIMS

To provide students with knowledge of globalisation processes in today’s world ( theory and practise).To make them analyse globalisation challenges, main actors, potential threats and opportunities. The accent is put on liberalisation of movements of goods, capital and services as well as the development of communication and telecommunication techniques, the Washington Consensus limits, institutional and cultural aspects of globalisation, multinational corporations and new development paradigms.

CONTENT

8. Defining, measuring, and analysing globalisation9. Theories of globalisation – general framework10. The role of the USA11. National state in the globalisation era12. Developed and underdeveloped world13. The Washington Consensus (its limits) and Post-Washington Consensus14. Institutional and cultural aspects of globalisationGlobalisation, Global Governance and the Dilemmas of Development

Literature:

TEXTBOOK

J. E. Stiglitz, The Roaring Nineties, W.W. Norton Company, New York 2003

RECCOMMENDED READINGBhagwati J, In Defense of Globalization, Oxford University Press, 2004

Posner R.A., Frontiers of Legal Theory, Harvard University Press, 2001Piasecki R., Wolnicki M., “The Evolution of Development Economics and Globalization”, International Journal of Social

Economics, London – New York, March 2004

Rugumamu S., Globalization and Africa’s Future: Towards Structural Stability, Integration and Sustainable

Development, AAPS Occas.pap. ser ISSN 1561-9478, vol. 5, no 2, 2001

Stiglitz J.E., Knowledge for Development: Economic Science. Economic Policy and Economic Advice, The

World Bank 1999Streeten P., Globalisation: Threat or Opportunity, Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen 2001


Course title: AKTUELLE WIRTSCHAFTSPOLITIK POLENS UND DEUTSCHLANDSSchool, city: Lodzer Univeristät, PL LODZ 01



Duration: 1 Semester Type: Der Vortrag

Lecturer: Dr Edyta DworakTarget group: Das 4. Jahr

Assessment Method: Die műndliche und schriftliche PrüfungPrerequisites:

Deadline of application: 7.03.09Contact person: [email protected]

Description:

Probleme der Wirtschaftspolitik in Polen und Deutschland

Literature: 1.G. Mankiw, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Schaeffer, Poeschel, Stuttgart 20042.P. Samuelson, W. Nordhaus, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Bund-Verlag, Koeln 19853.Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,

4.Der Spiegel
