VSFS:B_VE_2 Public Economics 2 - Course Information

B_VE_2 Public Economics 2

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Ing. Zuzana Khendriche Trhlínová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. Ing. Jaroslav Vostatek, CSc.
Department of Regional Development and Public Administration – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Tereza Švestáková

Timetable of Seminar Groups

B_VE_2/cVMO: each odd Monday 15:45–16:29 M22, each odd Monday 16:30–17:15 M22, Z. Khendriche Trhlínová
B_VE_2/pVMO: Mon 14:00–14:44 M22, Mon 14:45–15:30 M22, Z. Khendriche Trhlínová
B_VE_2/vVPH: Sat 20. 2. 8:00–9:30 E126, Sat 5. 3. 9:45–11:15 E228, 11:30–13:00 E228, Sat 2. 4. 11:30–13:00 E126, Sat 16. 4. 8:00–9:30 E126, 9:45–11:15 E126, Z. Khendriche Trhlínová

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The course is focused on the economics of the public sector. Students will be able to orientate themselves in actual tendencies and challenges of the public sector in the Czech republic and other EU countries. At the end of this course students will have knowledge of general economics and will be able to understand the issue of public finances and other re socio-economic disciplines and explain the current status and issues of public and nonprofit sector as a whole and industry-specific as well as general management methods.

Syllabus

• 1.The role of the public sector in a mixed economy. The structure of the public sector. 2.Public goods and assurance. Decisions and the principle of public choice. Efficiency and equity. 3.Public revenue and public expenditure. 4.Network monopoly problem as the public sector. Traditional solutions and their shortcomings. demonopolization network monopolies. 5.Profit and non-profit sector, the voluntary sector and public finances. Trends. 6.Management methods and tools. Measuring the performance of institutions in the public sector. Methods CMA, CBA and their use in the evaluation of public projects and programs. 7.Public sector. The organization and management of public administration, government departments, semi- organization. 8.Centralization and decentralization in the public sector, the principle of subsidiarity. 9.Management and financing of selected public sector, their development and their basic characteristics problems. Education, health, social security, care for the environment, research and development, defense, justice. 10.Inspection and audit in the public sector. 11.Partnerships between the public and private sectors. 12.Current problems in the public sector.

Literature

required literature
• PEKOVÁ, J., J. PILNÝ and M. JETMAR. Veřejná správa a finance veřejného sektoru. Praha: ASPI, 2005. info
• NAHODIL, František. Ekonomika veřejného sektoru. 1. vydání. Praha: VŠFS, 2003. ISBN 80-86432-09-2. info

recommended literature
• Stiglitz, J. E.: Ekonomika veřejného sektoru. Praha: Grada, 2002.
• HAMERNÍKOVÁ, Bojka, Alena MAAYTOVÁ, Vojtěch KREBS, Ladislav PRŮŠA, František NAHODIL, Květa KUBÁTOVÁ, Petr WAWROSZ and ET AL. Veřejné finance. Praha: Aspi, 2007, 364 pp. ISBN 978-80-7357-301-0. info

Teaching methods

Teaching consists of lectures in full-time and managed group consultations in combined studies.Minimum mandatory participation the controlled group consultations in combined form 50%. "Lectures using power-point presentation.

Assessment methods

Course is successfully completed exam, which will consist of oral or written test. Assessment methods are specified to students in lectures.

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: 12 hodin KS/semestr.

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