OPF:EVSNKVEB Public Economics - Course Information
EVSNKVEB Public Economics
School of Business Administration in KarvinaWinter 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Ing. Jan Nevima, Ph.D., MBA (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. Mgr. Ing. Michal Tvrdoň, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová - 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
- Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
- Course objectives
- The objective of the course is to deepen students' knowledge of economics, to explain the theoretic background of the public sector and its role in a mixed economy. Through the economic analysis, the students will be acquainted with the meaning and status of public goods and externalities in the economy, with the theory of public choice and its application in a social practice with the basic tools used in the application of public economy in practice and its functioning in the Czech Republic.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to the economics of the public sector
2. Causes of the existence of public sector, the mixed economy
3. Government failure
4. Economic analysis of public goods
5. Examining the economic externalities
6. Public choice theory and its application
7. Collective choice
8. Social decision making in direct and indirect democracy
9. Public finance
10. Public investment and public support
11. Public procurement and concession contracts
12. Public control
13. Public Informatics
- 1. Introduction to the economics of the public sector
- Literature
- required literature
- TETŘEVOVÁ, Liběna. Veřejná ekonomie. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86946-79-5. 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
- STIGLITZ, Joseph E. Economics of the Public Sector. 3rd ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. ISBN 978-0-393-96651-0. info
- STIGLITZ, J. E. Ekonomie veřejného sektoru. Praha: Grada, 1997. ISBN 80-7169-454-1. info
- recommended literature
- GRUBER, J. Public Finance and Public Policy. New York: Worth Publishers, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4292-1949-5. info
- ŠPALEK, J. Veřejné statky: Teorie a experiment. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7400-353-0. info
- SOJKA, M. Dějiny ekonomických teorií. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87109-21-2. info
- FORTE, F. Principles of Public Economics: A Public Choice Approach. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-1858986739. info
- PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, R. Financování měst, obcí a regionů: teorie a praxe. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2789-9. info
- TETŘEVOVÁ, L. Veřejný a podnikatelský sektor. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86946-90-0. info
- HALÁSEK, D. A KOL. Rozhodování ve veřejném sektoru. Ostrava: VŠB-TU, 2004. ISBN 80-248-0570-7. info
- FRANK, H. R., BERNANKE, S. B. Ekonomie. Praha: Grada, 2003. ISBN 80-247-0471-4. info
- MYLES, G. D. Public Economics. Cambridge: University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-521-49721-3. info
- PEKOVÁ, J., PILNÝ, J. Veřejná správa a finance veřejného sektoru. Praha: ASPI, 2002. ISBN 80-86395-21-9. info
- DUBEN, R. Ekonomie veřejného sektoru II. (některá teoretická východiska, formy a nástroje realizace činností ve veřejném sektoru). Praha: VŠE, 2001. ISBN 80-56255-2. info
- NEMEC, J. Verejná ekonómia. Banská Bystrice: UMB, 2000. ISBN 80-8055-385-8. info
- STRECKOVÁ, Y., MALÝ, I. A KOL. Veřejná ekonomie pro školu i praxi. Praha: Computer Press, 1998. ISBN 80-7226-112-6. info
- Teaching methods
- Skills demonstration
Seminar classes - Assessment methods
- Grade
- 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 12 HOD/SEM. - Teacher's information
- Attendance in seminars 60%, successful completion of on-going test during the semester. The final grade will be made as the summary of the assessment of on-going test and final written exam.
Additional tasks: research and study of the literature related to the given issue.
Activity Difficulty [h] Ostatní studijní zátěž 70 Přednáška 26 Seminář 13 Zkouška 40 Summary 149
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2016, recent)
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