OP3BP_FIGC Financial literacy - practice

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Pavla Stejskalová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Miroslava Černá (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Petr Sládek, CSc.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OP3BP_FIGC/01: Tue 16:40–17:25 učebna 64, M. Černá, P. Stejskalová
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
Broadening the knowledge about theory and real policy of public finance is the main aim of the course altogether with the matching of the similarities and differences of Czech and French public finance.
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- explain the basic ideas of public finance theory
- describe the system of the public finance and its individual components
- interpret the budgetary process
- identify various types of public expenditures and revenues
- understand fund financing
- compare models of fiscal federalism
- consider importance of regional and municipal budgets
- summarize the role of the EU budget and European funds.
Stress is put on the functional understanding of the Czech and French public finance and finance of the EU.
Syllabus
  • Content of this course is divided into two basic parts. The first part is held by Czech lecturers and the second one by French lectures from University of Rennes (eventually IPAG Rennes).
  • 1. Theory of public finance and public economics.
  • 2. State budget and its process, revenues and expenditures. System of the public budgets and budgetary rules. Public expenditure analyses.
  • 3. Introduction to the tax theory and policy.
  • 4. Fiscal federalism, municipal and regional budgets in the CR.
  • 5. (F) Revenue and expenditure side of the French local governments, their evaluation.
  • 6. Theory of fiscal imbalance. Pension system from the financial point of view
  • 7. (F) International public finance. Evolution of the EU budget and its milestones.
  • 8. EU Budget, its revenue and expenditure side. Budgetary compensation of the UK.
  • 9. (F) Financial system of the EU and its rules.
  • 10. Harmonization and coordination of the tax policy.
  • 11. Economics of the EU accession.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Finance, rozpočty, účetnictví, veřejná kontrola : rukověť územní samosprávy (Variant.) : Jak řídit kraj, město, obec : finance, rozpočty, účetnictví, veřejná kontrola : rukověť územní samosprávy. II. díl. info
  • BACHANOVÁ, Veronika. Členství České republiky v EMU - výzva pro české veřejné finance (The Czech Republic Membership in EMU - the Czech Public Finance Challenge). Národohospodárský obzor. Brno: ESF MU Brno, 2006, vol. 2006, No 3, p. 3-11. ISSN 1213-2446. info
  • PŮLPÁN, Karel and Stanislava PŮLPÁNOVÁ. Banky a finanční organizace v České republice :banky, finanční organizace, leasing, kapitálový trh, pojišťovnictví, penzijní pojištění, zdravotní pojišťovny, kontakty, služby, nabídky, slovníček pojmů : finance. Edited by Martin Švehla - Jaroslav Mesršmíd. Praha: Public History, 1995, 224 s. ISBN 80-901432-5-3. info
    not specified
  • Eijffinger, S.C.W., de Haan, J.: European Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Oxford University Press 2000. ISBN 0-19-877616-0
  • WILMOTT, Paul. Frequently asked questions in quantitative finance : including key models, important formul, popular contracts, essays and opinions, a history of quantitative finance, sundry lists, the commonest mistakes in quant finance, brainteasers, plenty of straigh. 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley, 2009, xiv, 608. ISBN 9780470748756. info
  • Encyclopedia of business and finance. Edited by Burton S. Kaliski. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007, 2 vols. (7. ISBN 9780028660813. info
  • CHUNG, Kai Lai and Farid AITSAHLIA. Elementary probability theory : with stochastic processes and an introduction to mathematical finance. 4th ed. New York: Springer, 2003, xiii, 402. ISBN 038795578X. info
  • Global development finance 2003 : striving for stability in development finance. Washington: World Bank, 2003, x, 237. ISBN 0821354280. info
  • VOMÁČKOVÁ, Helena. České vysoké školy a veřejné finance. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně - Ústí nad Labem, 1998, 146 s. ISBN 80-7044-226-3. info
  • Public finance in theory and practice : international student edition (orig.) : Veřejné finance v teorii a praxi. 5. ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989. info
Teaching methods
The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. There are explained basic thesis of public finance within lectures, which are further discussed during seminars. Presentation of students' seminar works may be a part of a seminar. Czech and French is the course language. French part may take place at Rennes.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of both lectures and seminars.


The course is concluded by the written and exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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