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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Economic systems: State - companies - consumers. 2. Economic policy 3. Public goods and externalities 4. Concepts of the relationship between the state and the market (economic policy, public policy, regulation, public choice, behavioral policy) 5. Regulation - state intervention 6. Impact assessment of state interventions. Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) 7. CBA - cost-benefit analysis as the main tool for impact analysis 8. The concept of Better Regulation in the EU 9. Fundamentals of public choice, i.e., basic characteristics of voting, the voting paradox, and the median voter 10. Information asymmetry (adverse selection, moral hazard) and the principal-agent problem 11. Political and economic cycle and interest groups 12. Welfare state - Indicators for evaluating the state and the economy 13. Goldplating and Lobbying
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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- 26 hours per semester
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- 26 hours per semester
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- 26 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course follows the lecture in Economics I, Economics II, as well as in the History of Economic Thought (alternative social and economic theory). The "economic policy" will extend and deepen the previously discussed questions about new selected perspectives. The aim of the course is to get students acquainted with the development of perspectives on the often frequent and current special segments of this issue and thus give an impulse to their independent and creative analysis.
- is able to characterize the specifics of economic policy as a discipline - can use academic terminology - is able to explain basic economic concepts in the field of economic policy - distinguish the main instruments of economic policy - is able to characterize economic problems in selected models of economic policy
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in classes, preparation of a short essay as a basis for the oral exam, and an exam consisting of an oral and written part. Student assessment: Final written exam 60 points Essaye 20 points Final oral exam 20 points Total 100 points Assessment: Pass 60-100 points Fail 0-59 points
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Recommended literature
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BOETTKE, Peter. Robustní politická ekonomie pro 21. Století. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7357-619-6..
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EUCKEN, Walter. Zásady hospodářského řádu. Praha: Liberální institut, 2004. ISBN 80-86389-32-4..
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HOLMAN, R. Ekonomie. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7400-006-5.
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KLIKOVÁ, Ch. - KOTLÁN, I. Hospodářská politika. Ostrava. ISBN 80-865723-37-4.
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KOTLÁN, Igor. Aplikovaná hospodářská politika. Ostrava: Sokrates, 2009. ISBN 80-86572-04-8..
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KUBÍČEK, J. a kol. Hospodářská politika. Plzeň, 2006. ISBN 80-86898-90-7.
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ROTHBARD, Murray N. Ekonomie státních zásahů. Praha: Liberální institut, 2005. ISBN 8086389103..
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SIRŮČEK, P. a kol. Hospodářské dějiny a ekonomické teorie. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86175-53-1.
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SOJKOVÁ, Lenka. Hospodářská politika. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7372-663-8.
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TOMEŠ, Z. a kol. Hospodářská politika 1900-2007. Praha : C.H. Beck, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7400-002-7.
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URBAN, J. Teorie národního hospodářství. Praha, 2006. ISBN 978-80-7478-724-9.
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VLČEK, J. Ekonomie a ekonomika. Praha, 2009. ISBN 80-210-1624-8.
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ŽÁK, M. Hospodářská politika. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-86730-04-2.
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