FVP:UVSRPCD025 Veřejná ekonomika - Course Information

UVSRPCD025 Veřejná ekonomika

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Pavel Tuleja, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Pavel Tuleja, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, SPPczv)

Course objectives

The aim of the course: The aim of the course Public ECONOMY is to provide the students of the Bachelor study branch of Public Administration and Social Policy basic knowledge concerning not only the actual issue of public economy, but also its sectors, organization and tools. Passing the course, students have been gradually acquainted with basic concepts and theoretical basis of public economics, public and civic sectors, issues of public policy and public finance, and last but not least also with the issue of instruments of public economy, such as public procurement and concessions, public investment, public support, public information or public control. All the efforts of the lecturers and seminar instructors will be focused both on deepening the students' economic thought and equipping them with the specific tools used in this discipline. Study Outcomes: Professional Knowledge: Students can define the terms used in the field of public economics and describe the relationship between the realms of national economy and public administration. They can asses the effectiveness of the functioning of public and public sector. Furthermore, they become familiar with the relationship between public policy and public economy and acquire a basic idea of the functioning of various instruments of public economy in practice. Professional Skills: Students will be able to apply the various laws related to the issue of the public sector and on the basis of this application will be subsequently able to assess not only the organization and economic management of institutions of the public and civic sector, but also their effectiveness. They can also distinguish between the basic tools with which public economy in countries of developed market economy is realised. General Qualification: Students acquire knowledge of the issues of public economy. The acquired knowledge will be the basis for further study of economically-oriented courses taught in the bachelor branch of Public Administration and Social Policy. From a practical point of view, students will be able to independently and responsibly assess the management and efficiency of the various sectors within the field of actual functioning public economy, assess their organization and the effectiveness of the use of its individual instruments. Competences: Students can define public economy and describe its relation to public administration. They can distinguish between public and civic sector. They know what the relationship between public economy and public policy is and can describe the basic issues in the area of public finances. Within their competences, they can recognize and apply the individual tools of public economy.

Syllabus

• 1. Public economy - basic concepts
  2. Public economy - theoretical points of departure
  3. Public administration and its relationship to public economy
  4. Public sector, its size and efficiency
  5. public sector, its genesis and the existing legislation
  6. Public policy and its relationship to public economy
  7. Public finance - an introduction to the issue
  8. Public concessions
  9. Procurement
  10. Public aid
  11. Public investment
  12. Public Informatics
  13. Public control
  

Literature

required literature
• HALÁSEK, D. Veřejná ekonomika. 3. přepr. a doplň. vyd. Dolní Životice: Optys, 2012. ISBN 978-80-85819-80-9. info
• HALÁSEK, D., LENERT, D. Ekonomika veřejného sektoru (vybrané kapitoly). Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2008. ISBN 978-80-248-1854-2. info
• JACKSON, P. M. and C. V. BROWN. Ekonomie veřejného sektoru. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2003, 773 pp. ISBN 80-86432-09-2. Ekonomie veřejného sektoru - digitalizovaný dokument Národní knihovny info

recommended literature
• REKTOŘÍK, J., HLAVÁČ, J. A KOL. Ekonomika a řízení odvětví technické infrastruktury: teoretická část, odvětvová část. Praha: Ekopress, 2012. ISBN 978-80-86929-79-8. info
• OCHRANA, F., PAVEL, J., VÍTEK, L. A KOL. Veřejný sektor a veřejné finance: Financování nepodnikatelských a podnikatelských aktivit. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3228-2. info
• REKTOŘÍK, J. A KOL. Ekonomika a řízení odvětví veřejného sektoru. Praha: Ekopress, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86929-29-3. info
• DUBEN, R. Ekonomie veřejného sektoru. Praha: VŠE, 2000. ISBN 80-245-0049-3. info
• PILNÝ, J., PEŠTA, J. Ekonomika veřejného sektoru. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2000. ISBN 80-7194-258-8. info
• STRECKOVÁ, Y. A KOL. Veřejná ekonomie pro školu i praxi. Praha: Computer Press, 1998. ISBN 80-7226-112-6. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.

Teacher's information

The condition for obtaining credit is active attendance at consultations
Elaboration on a selected topic, term paper and its presentation at the seminar.
The instructor will notify the students on the topics that have not been fully lectured for them to seek in the compulsory literature or at the e-learning site.

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