OPF:EKBAZHP Economic Policy - Course Information

EKBAZHP Economic Policy

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Filip Ježek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Tomáš Verner (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Ing. Pavlína Pellešová, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

The completion of the course does not require any conditions and subject can be registered independently of other subjects.

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

• Banking (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The course includes basic knowledge of particular politics - it is fiscal, monetary and international trading and currency policies. It also includes various segmensts of economic policy. Students are introduced to tools of the politics and its systemic integration to practical economic policy. There is also shortly defined and described transformation of the Czech economy into the EU.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to economic policy
  2. A brief history of economic policy
  3. Particular economic policies - fiscal policy, monetary policy and international trading and currency policies
  4. Stabilization policy
  5. Structural policy
  6. Policy against unfair competition
  7. Incomes policy
  8. Social policy
  9. Employment policy
  10. Regional policy
  11. Environmental policy
  12. Microeconomic policy of a state
  13. Economic policy in Czech Republic in the transformation period and historical development in the Czech Republic and EU.
  

Literature

required literature
• ROSENBAUM, W. A. Environmental Politics and Policy. London: SAGE Publications, 2013. ISBN 978-1452239965. info
• BAUMOL, W., J., BLINDER, A., S. Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy. Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-0538453653. info
• BALDOCK, J., MANNING , N., VICKERSTAFF, S., MITTON, L. Social Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0199570843. info
• BAUMOL, W., J., BLINDER, A., S. Microeconomics: Principles and Policy. Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning, 2010. ISBN 978-1439038994. info
• BREDGAARD , T., LARSEN, F. Employment Policy from Different Angles. Copenhagen: DJ?F Publishing Copenhagen, 2005. ISBN 978-8757413496. info
• ARMSTRONG, M., TAYLOR, J. Regional Economics and Policy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000. ISBN 978-0631217138. info

recommended literature
• HAMERMESH, D. Economics is Everywhere. New York: Worth Publishers, 2011. ISBN 978-1429287753. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Grade
Written exam

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

seminar paper, defence of seminar paper, on-going test, final written exam

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	70
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zkouška	40
Summary	149

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