MPR_REP2 Regional Economics 2

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! MPR_RE2 Regional Economics II )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give students knowledge on the spatial context of economic phenomena, explain the role of important factors in regional development and demonstrate the possibilities of regional policies to influence the development of regions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- analyse regional disparities and explain their causes;
- discuss the localisation decisions of enterprises and individuals;
- assess the importance of innovation and knowledge factors for the socio-economic development of regions;
- understand the way of implementation of regional policy;
- understand the way of implementation of regional innovation policy;
- evaluate the instruments used by the regional and regional innovation policy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to regional economics
  • 2. Regional disparities, their measurement and analysis
  • 3. Localization factors influencing the decision-making of enterprises and individuals
  • 4. Traditional theories and concepts of regional development
  • 5. Institutional theories and concepts of regional development
  • 6. The importance of innovation for the socio-economic development of regions
  • 7. Regional competitiveness
  • 8. Regional innovation systems and their typology
  • 9. Regional resilience
  • 10. Regional policy and its instruments
  • 11. Regional innovation policy and its instruments
  • 12. Management of regional development processes
Literature
    required literature
  • MCCANN, Philip. Modern urban and regional economics. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. xxiii, 408. ISBN 9780199582006.
  • BLAŽEK, Jiří a David UHLÍŘ. Teorie regionálního rozvoje: nástin, kritika, implikace. Vydání třetí. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2020. ISBN 978-80-246-4566-7.
  • ŽÍTEK, Vladimír a KLÍMOVÁ, Viktorie. Aplikace konceptu regionálních inovačních systémů a implikace pro inovační politiku. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8415-5.
    recommended literature
  • LUX, Gábor a Gyula HORVÁTH, ed. The Routledge handbook to regional development in Central and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. Routledge handbooks. ISBN 978-1-4724-8571-7.
  • CAPELLO, Roberta. Regional economics. Second edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 978-1-138-85587-8.
Teaching methods
Lessons take the form of lectures and seminars. Continuous self-study is expected. Students create and present a group seminar project.
Assessment methods
Within the evaluation, students can get up to 30 points, and the required minimum is 60% (i.e. 18 points). Of these 30 points, 25 are for the written exam and 5 for the preparation of the seminar work. The written exam has two parts: open questions and test questions (multiple choice). To pass the written part of the exam, students need to get 50% of the points (12.5).
Semester requirements: obligatory attendance at seminars and preparation and presentation of group seminar work.
There are no attendance requirements for students who are on an Erasmus stay abroad. The condition for taking the exam is processing a seminar paper. Regarding the seminar work assignment and possibly other information, students should contact the guarantor at the beginning of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět MPR_RE2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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