156-0459/02 – Economic policy (HPO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Applied EconomicsCredits5
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.Subject version guarantorprof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BAL112 doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA
GOT40 prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.
S1I44 doc. RNDr. Milan Šimek, Ph.D., MBA
SUL0018 Ing. Jan Šulák, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Part-time Examination 14+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

• understand the nature of economic policy • familiarize with its types, objectives and tools • assess the suitability of current economic policy • estimate the impact of economic policy measures

Teaching methods

Lectures

Summary

In the course the students will understand the nature of economic policy, get acquainted with its chosen types and relations between them, will realize the influence of economic policy on the microeconomic sphere (companies, households), will acquire basic skills to evaluate current economic policy, its main problems and impacts of partial changes in economic policy.

Compulsory literature:

Bénassy-Quéré, A., Coeuré, B, Jacquet, P., Pisani-Ferry, J. (2010). Economic Policy: Theory and Practice. New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532273-6. McConnel, C. R., Stanley, L. B., Flynn, S. M. (2015) Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies. McGraw-Hill 20th ed. ISBN 0078021758.

Recommended literature:

Mankiw, G. N. (2014). Principles of Economics. 7th ed., Cengage Learning. ISBN 128516587X. Dornbusch, R., Fischer, S., Startz, R. (2017). Macroeconomics. 13th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0077660773.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

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Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

• Market and government failures, changing views on the role of the state in the economy from the point of view of individual economic schools • Economic policy, influence of institutions and expectations on its form and effectiveness • Growth policy, stabilization policy • Fiscal policy • Monetary policy • Foreign-trade policy • Competition policy • Structural policy • Regional policy • Employment Policy • Redistribution policy • Social policy • Environmental policy • Economic policy in selected countries (USA, Great Britain, Sweden, Japan, Czech Republic)

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2020/2021 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100  51 3
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2020/2021 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 2 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Ostrava 2 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Šumperk 2 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B0312A050001) Public Economics and Administration K Czech Valašské Meziříčí 2 Compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2020/2021 Summer