114-0438/02 – Antitrust regulationa and competition policy (PRO)

Gurantor department	Department of Economics	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory type B
Year	2	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2019/2020	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
JAN77	Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D.
SPA60	Ing. Lenka Spáčilová, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Part-time	Examination	12+0

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 name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Examination	Examination	100	51	3

Valid from	Valid until	Mandatory attendence participation
Jun 3, 2019 11:45:23 AM	Nov 30, 2023 1:45:28 PM	not defined

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. For the credit is necessera to elaborate and present a project on a given topic. Written exam.

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Valid from	Valid until	Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP
Sep 12, 2023 12:21:42 PM	Nov 30, 2023 1:45:28 PM	Written exam.
Sep 12, 2022 7:06:46 PM	Sep 12, 2023 12:21:42 PM	Written exam.

Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2023/2024	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2022/2023	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2021/2022	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2020/2021	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan
2019/2020	(B0311A050004) Applied Economics	(S01) International Economic Relations	K	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory type B	study plan

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