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Economics

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  • Grundlagen der Mikroökonomie (Fundamentals of Microeconomics)

    0171dA1.2

    learning objectives:
    Students gain an understanding of microeconomic concepts and their principles. With guidance, students learn to solve practical problems by applying the knowledge they gain in order to analyze microeconomic issues related to budgeting and business decisions. In addition, they learn to describe the interactions between suppliers and demanders in markets, to examine market efficiency, as well as describe to what extent state intervention to avoid market failure is justified. The module will continuously be augmented with integrated gender and diversity elements, which are aimed at preparing students for real-life professional experiences where diversity plays an ever more important role in businesses and organizational structures.

    course content:
    Consumption theory and budgeting decisions, production theory and business decisions, market equilibrium in complete and incomplete markets, game theory concepts, general equilibrium theory

    language of instruction:
    German/English

    workload
    180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / every summer semester

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  • Makroökonomie (Macroeconomics)

    0171dB1.8

    learning objectives:
     Students build on the knowledge they gained in the introduction to macroeconomics and take their qualifications in the area of macroeconomics to a deeper level. They learn to apply their understanding of theoretical and empirical methods to concrete economic policy issues. A significant additional skill that the students gain is the ability to create theoretical models that take into account important international relationships. Students improve their analytical skills and learn to produce descriptive models that are more realistic as well as explain new interaction effects.

    course content:
     Study of the necessity and effectiveness of state intervention in fiscal and monetary policy for example in order to combat unemployment and inflation; discussion of different assumptions about how private economic subjects form expectations; study of macroeconomic relationships in the open economy; foreign exchange market; determinants of exchange rates.

    language of instruction:
     German/English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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    • 10103001 Lecture
      Macroeconomics (V) (Steffen Ahrens)
      Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2021-04-13)
      Location: Online - zeitABhängig
    • 10103026 Methods Tutorial
      Macroeconomics (Ü) (Steffen Ahrens)
      Schedule: -
      Location: keine Angabe

  • Finanzwissenschaftliche Steuerlehre (Economics of Taxation)

    0171dB3.6

    learning objectives:
     Students gain a basic understanding of the economics of taxation. They learn how to interpret and apply theoretical analyses of the impact of taxes on economic behavior. In addition, they learn to evaluate changes in behavior from a normative perspective. They develop their ability to articulate the extent to which alternative taxation concepts influence the welfare costs of taxation.

    course content:
     Basic concepts of taxation and tax theory; overview of tax types and scope of taxation in Germany; tax effects; welfare analysis.

    language of instruction:
     German / English

    workload
     180 hours (6 ECTS)

    duration / frequency
    one semester / irregular

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    • 10121101 Lecture
      Economics of Taxation (V) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00, zusätzliche Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2021-04-13)
      Location: Online - zeitABhängig
    • 10121126 Methods Tutorial
      Economics of Taxation (Ü) (Ulrich Schneider)
      Schedule: Fr 10:00-12:00 (Class starts on: 2021-04-16)
      Location: Online - zeitABhängig

  • Modules w/o courses in this semester

    6 Modules
    • Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (Introduction to Economics) 0171dA1.1
    • Grundlagen der Makroökonomie (Fundamentals of Macroeconomics) 0171dA1.3
    • Mathematik für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler (Mathematics for Economists) 0171dA1.5
    • Staat und Allokation (Government and Allocation) 0171dA1.4
    • Mikroökonomie (Microeconomics) 0171dB1.7
    • Wirtschaftspolitik (Economic Policy) 0171dB3.7

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