Course: Public Finance

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Course title Public Finance
Course code KUF/YPF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Jílek Milan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Public sector and public finance in mixed economy. 2. Externalities. 3. Public goods. 4. Theory of public choice. 5. Government revenue. 6. Taxation and efficiency. 7. Government expenditure. 8. Social security. 9. Government Budget. 10. Fiscal imbalances. 11. Government budgets in Czech Republic. 12. EU budget.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Written action (comprehensive tests, clauses), E-learning
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide students with up-to-date theoretical and practical information on Public Finance. The emphasis is put on public finance in Czech Republic.
Student understand the general principles and structures of public finance, they are capable of basic orientation in public finance of Czech Republic.
Prerequisites
Understanding of principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Combined exam, Test, Interim evaluation

Credit Requirements: Active participation in seminars and obtaining a sum of at least 40 points of 50 in two written tests. In case of score lower than 40, the test with lower record can be repeated in the last week of semester. Examination Requirements: Oral Exam. Complex understanding of the matter specified in this syllabus.
Recommended literature
  • BACKHAUS, J.G., WAGNER, R.E. Handbook of Public Finance. 2004.
  • Hamerníková, B., Maaytová, A. Veřejné finance. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2010.
  • HYMAN, D.N. Public Finance: A Contemporary Application of Theory to Policy.. Harcourt Publishing, 2010.
  • Hyman, D.N. Public Finance: A Contemporary Application of Theory to Policy. 10th ed. Harcourt Publishing, 2010.
  • JÍLEK, M.. Veřejné finance. Skripta. ZFJU, 2002.
  • MUSGRAVE, A.R. - MUSGRAVE, P.B.. Veřejné finance v teorii a praxi. Praha, 1994.
  • OCHRANA, F.. Veřejný sektor a efektivní rozhodování.. Praha: Management Press, 2001.
  • PEKOVÁ, J. Veřejné finance.. Praha, ASPI, 2008.
  • ROSEN, H. Public Finance. McGraw Hill Publishing, 2005.


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