156-0501/02 – Economic Policy A (HP A)
Gurantor department | Department of Applied Economics | Credits | 5 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2012/2013 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
• Understanding of elementary principles, possibilities and limits of economic policy
• Familiarizing with selected types of economic policies and their practical application
• Awakening of an influence of economic policy on microeconomic subjects and vice versa
• Identification of main macroeconomic problems and suggestion of their solution
• Evaluation of current economic policy and forecasting of impact of changes in economic policy
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Economic policy represents endeavour of a state to maximize economic/social welfare. It comprehends using of different tools in order to reach often contradictory aims under the conditions of uncertainty, unequal distribution of sources, interest groups etc. Is it possible to succeed? What have to be taken into account? How to evaluate suggested measures or current situation? The course Economic Policy A sheds light on these (and many other) topics and leads to better understanding of real processes in the economy, principles of economic policy and its potential for improving people's lives.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Students have to write project on an assigned topic.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
• Market and government failure
• Role of state in economy (historical overview)
• Economic policy
• Growth policy
• Stabilization policy
• Fiscal policy
• Monetary policy
• Foreign trade policy
• Economic policy of EU
• Economic policy of different countries
• Other types of economic policy
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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