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Department of Banking and Financial Management

6th or 8th Semester

Economics of European Integration

At A Glance
Course Code
ΧΡΕΟΛ11
Course Type
Elective
Teaching Language
Greek
Is the course offered to Erasmus Students?
Yes
Teaching Delivery
In Class
Use of Information and Communications Technology

Internet, e-mail, eClass

Independent Teaching Activities
Type
Lectures
Weekly Teaching Hours
4
ECTS Credits
7,5
Course Outlines
🇬🇷 Greek
🇬🇧 English
External Links
Student Performance Evaluation

Final Exam, Class Presentations

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course the students have a good commant on specific topics of the workings of a monetary economic area, the impact of a economic integration process on various sectors in the economy, as well as on the efficiency of monetary and fiscal policies.

In addition, the paradigm of the European Monetary Union is thoroughly examined in terms of the outcomes delivered. at the end of the course, the students are fully equipped in having a good commant on the concept of economic integration which is expected to fully capitalize it later in the job market and, especially, to positions in relevance to the economic and monetary union.

General Competences

The course equips the students with a better knowledge level of the economic integration process in order for them to reach more successful decisions on the mechanisms that drive the workings, as well as the efficiency of the economy within a unified monetary and economic environment

Syllabus

The theory of optimal currency areas, the efficiency of monetary and fiscal policy within an integrated economic and monetary environment, the monetary policy implemented by the european central bank, fiscal policy under econoic integration restrictions, the concept of the optimal economic policy, trade and growth policies within an integrated econoic and monetary environment, the paradigm of the european monetary union, currency crises, other examples of international monetary union

Bibliography
  • P. De Grauwe, Τα Οικονομικά της Νομισματικής Ένωσης, Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση, 2003.
  • Σ. Θεοδωρόπουλος, Εξελίξεις και Προοπτικές της Ευρωπαϊκής Οικονομικής Ολοκλήρωσης, Εκδόσεις Σταμούλης, Αθήνα 2006.
  • Greek textbooks in economic integration
  • Greek and foreign language (english) textbooks in the european economic integration
  • Foreign language (english) literature, such as articles, survey and technical papers

Journal of economic integration

Undergraduate Courses
1st Semester
Mathematics I
ΧΡΜΑΘ06
Microeconomics Ι
ΧΡΜΙΚ01
Regulation of Financial Markets
ΧΡΘΠΧ01
Statistics I
ΧΡΣΤΑ 01