Course: Economic Policy

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Course title Economic Policy
Course code KFHS/KB326
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kotrba Vojtěch, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Economic Policy and state, interest groups 2. Economic policy in a democratic society, economic efficiency 3. Definition of structural policy and its development 4. Determinants of ability of structural adaptation 5. Process of structural adaptation policies and its influence 6. Assumptions of dividing policy and measurement of inequality 7. Instruments of dividing policy 8. Measures of economic policies with an impact on income dividing 9. Regional policy and its definition 10. Causes and brief history of regional policy 11. Reasons of existence of regional policy 12. Regional policy 13. Instruments of regional policy 14. Examples of current regional policy

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
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
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The course will be concluded with a test in the extent of lectures, included relevant literature.
Recommended literature
  • HOLMAN, R. Ekonomie. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7400-006-5.
  • KLIKOVÁ, Ch. - KOTLÁN, I. Hospodářská politika. Ostrava. ISBN 80-865723-37-4.
  • KUBÍČEK, J. a kol. Hospodářská politika. Plzeň, 2006. ISBN 80-86898-90-7.
  • SIRŮČEK, P. a kol. Hospodářské dějiny a ekonomické teorie. Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86175-53-1.
  • TOMEŠ, Z. a kol. Hospodářská politika 1900-2007. Praha : C.H. Beck, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7400-002-7.
  • URBAN, J. Teorie národního hospodářství. Praha, 2006. ISBN 978-80-7478-724-9.
  • VLČEK, J. Ekonomie a ekonomika. Praha, 2009. ISBN 80-210-1624-8.
  • ŽÁK, M. Hospodářská politika. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-86730-04-2.


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