114-0508/01 – Antitrust Regulation and Competition Policy in the CR and the EU (ATRC)
| Gurantor department | Department of Economics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Ivana Jánošíková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2009/2010 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this course is:
- to understand the role of regulatory policy in transition economies,
- to describe problems of deregulation and privatization
- to explain the purpose of regulation in public utility according to an analysis of the natural monopoly concept,
- to discusse general institutional issues of regulatory process and the possibility of application the EU regulatory practices in conditions of the Czech Republic.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Project work
Summary
In this course the role of regulatory policy in transition economies 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.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
semestral projects
E-learning
Other requirements
Student has to get at least 51 % of the maximum 100 %. In this – maximum 10 % for attending the lectures, maximum 30 % for elaboration and presentation of 3 projects on the given topic, and maximum 60 % for writing the final test in the end of the semester.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Brief syllabus:
1. Introduction to Antitrust regulation
2. Competition and monopoly, various concepts of the competition, economic efficiency
3. Oligopoly
4. Restrictions of the economic competition
5. Monopolization and price discrimination
6. Theory of regulation
7. Natural monopoly and economic regulation
8. Contemporary approaches to the antitrust regulation
9. EU Competition Policy – Antitrust
10. EU Competition Policy – Mergers
11. EU Competition Policy - State Aid and Public Procurement
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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