EKBPZHP Economic Policy

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2014
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
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
  • FIALA, P., PITROVÁ, M. Evropská unie. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7325-180-2. info
  • VINCUR, P. A KOL. Teória a prax hospodárskej politiky. Bratislava: Sprint, 2007. ISBN 978-80-89085-80-4. info
  • ŽÁK, M. Hospodářská politika. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-867-30-04-2. info
  • PELLEŠOVÁ, P. Hospodářská politika A. Distanční studijní opora. Karviná: SU OPF, 2006. ISBN 80-7248-370-6. info
  • BREDGAARD , T., LARSEN, F. Employment Policy from Different Angles. Copenhagen: DJ?F Publishing Copenhagen, 2005. ISBN 978-8757413496. info
  • SLANÝ, A., FRANC. A. Hospodářská politika: distanční studijní opora. Brno: MU, 2004. ISBN 80-210-3476-9. info
  • SPĚVÁČEK, V. A KOL. Transformace české ekonomiky. Praha: Linde, 2002. ISBN 80-86131-32-7. 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
  • KLIKOVÁ, CH., KOTLÁN, I. Hospodářská politika. Ostrava: Sokrates, 2006. ISBN 80-86572-04-8. info
  • SPĚVÁČEK, V., VINTROVÁ, R., HÁJEK, M. ŽĎÁSEK, V. Makroekonomický vývoj České republiky v letech 1996-2004. Politická ekonomie, 2006. info
  • GERBET, P. Budování Evropy. Praha: Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0111-7. info
  • KADEŘÁBKOVÁ, A., SPĚVÁČEK, V., ŽÁK, M. Růst stabilita a konkurenceschopnost: aktuální problémy české republiky po vstupu do EU. Praha: Linde, 2004. ISBN 80- 86131-35-1. info
  • HOLUB, A. A KOL. Česká ekonomika na cestě do Evropské unie. Praha: VŠE, 2003. ISBN 80-86419-43-6. info
  • SLANÝ, A. A KOL. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003. ISBN 80-7179-738-3. info
  • PAULÍK, T. Hospodářská politika. Karviná: SU OPF, 2002. ISBN 80-7248-148-7. info
  • PAULÍK, T., PELLEŠOVÁ, P. Makroekonomie. Karviná: SU OPF, 2002. ISBN 80-7248-159. info
  • SOJKA, M. A KOL. Dějiny ekonomických teorií. Praha: Karolinum, 2000. ISBN 80-7184-991-X. info
Teaching methods
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Grade
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
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
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž70
Přednáška26
Seminář13
Zkouška40
Summary149
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2014, recent)
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