114-0438/01 – Antitrust regulationa and competition policy (PRO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of EconomicsCredits4
Subject guarantorIng. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
JAN27 Ing. Hana Janáčková, Ph.D.
JAN77 Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.
SPA60 Ing. Lenka Spáčilová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Part-time Credit and Examination 8+4

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

In this course the role of regulatory policy and problems of deregulation and privatization are discussed. It is focused on the role of economic theory in public utility regulation and analysis of the natural monopoly concept. There are discussed general institutional issues of regulatory process and the possibility of application the EU regulatory practices in conditions of the Czech Republic.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Summary

Compulsory literature:

BALWIN, Robert and CAVE, Martin. Understanding Regulation. Theory, Strategy and Practice. Oxford University Press. New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-877438-9 ROTHBARD, Murray N. and SALERNO, Joseph T. Man, Economy and State with Power and Market, Scholar’s Edition. 2nd edition. Ludwig von Misses Institute. Auburn, Alabama, 2011. ISBN 1933550996 STIGLITZ, Joseph E. Economics of the public sector. W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2015. ISBN 0393925226, 9780393925227

Recommended literature:

MOSS, David A. and CISTERNINO, John A. New Perspectives on regulation. The Tobin Project, One Mifflin Place, Cambridge (USA), 2009. ISBN 978-0-9824788-0-6 PÉREZ-ARRIAGA, Ignacio J. Regulation of the Power Sector. Springer Science & Business Media. London, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4471-5033-6. VISCUSI W. Kip, HARRINGTON Joseph E., Jr. and SAPPINGTON David E. M. Economics of Regulation and Antitrust. 5th ed. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 2018. ISBN 9780262038065.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

semestral project

E-learning

Studijní opory TpB: https://lms.vsb.cz/course/view.php?id=73959

Other requirements

final written exam test

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the theory of regulation 2. Competitive market structure - different approaches 3. Monopoly and price discrimination 4. Measurement of economic inefficiency of monopoly 5. Oligopoly 6. Measuring industry concentration 7. Forms of distortion of competition 8. Protection of competition in the Czech Republic - cartels, mergers and acquisitions 9. Protection of competition in the Czech Republic - public procurement 10. Protection of Competition in the Czech Republic - State Aid 11. Theory of regulation 12. Theoretical and practical approaches to antitrust regulation 13. Economic regulation and natural monopoly 14. Practical methods of price regulation

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit  
        Examination Examination 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Attendance in lectures and seminars is not compulsory.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Attendance in lectures and seminars is not compulsory. Credit for elaborating a project on a given topic. Written exam.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 3 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 3 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 3 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 3 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 3 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 3 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 3 Compulsory study plan

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2023/2024 Winter
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