PESSII Special Seminar

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Monika Jandová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Ing. Antonín Slaný, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Antonín Slaný, CSc.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PESSII/1: Mon 9:20–12:45 S311
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
Syllabus
  • 1) Regulation and deregulation of a rent -impacts of deregulation on the supply, demand and rental housing prices in Brno)
  • 2) Impact of the CAP on food prices
  • 3) Economic costs of corruption - relation to economic growth
  • 4) Benefits and costs of the regional policy - convergence or divergence
  • 5) Czech public finance "blackholes"- the most important expenditures
  • 6) Fuel market cartels - Brno: cartel or the price leader foolowing up
  • 7) Traffic infrastructure (roads vs. railroads, public private partnership)
Literature
  • 1. Griffiths, A.; Wall, S.: Applied Economics; 10th edition, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education; England; 2004. ISBN: 0273684239. 868 s.
  • 2. Kadeřábková, A.; Spěváček, V., Žák, M.(ed.): Růst, stabilita, konkurenceschopnost: aktuální problémy české ekonomiky na cestě do EU. Praha Linde 2003. ISBN: 8086131351. 329 s.
Assessment methods
Students write their seminar work on one of the topics during the semester. The course is concluded by a credit after the successful seminar work defence.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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