ESF:MPE_HOP2 Economic Policy 2 - Course Information
MPE_HOP2 Economic Policy 2
Faculty of Economics and AdministrationAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Jitka Doležalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Antonín Slaný, CSc. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration - Timetable
- Tue 11:05–12:45 P102
- 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
- Economics (programme ESF, N-MA)
- Economic Policy and International Relations (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, M-HPS)
- Economic Policy (programme ESF, N-HPS)
- Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Economics (programme ESF, N-KME)
- Mathematics - Economics (programme PřF, N-AM)
- Course objectives
- Economic Policy II (PEHPII) The course continues the subjects of Economic Policy I and Macroeconomics. The aim is to analyse more deeply topics of economic policy so as to understand individual topics in a broader context. Themes covered are supported by real examples from Czech and foreign economic policy.
- Syllabus
- 1. Political economy 2. Decisionmaking 3. Political parties and interest groups 4. Time inconsistency I. 5. Time inconsistency II. 6. Laws, institutions and delegated authority 7. Credibility and reputation 8. Elections and changes of policymakers 9. Political business cycle 10. Redistribution I 11. Redistribution II 12. Research of the real economic issue
- Literature
- required literature
- DRAZEN, Allan. Political economy in macroeconomics. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002, xiv, 775. ISBN 0691092575. info
- recommended literature
- MUELLER, Dennis C. Public choice. III. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xix, 768 s. ISBN 0-521-89475-1. info
- BÉNASSY-QUÉRÉ, Agnès. Economic policy : theory and practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, xii, 709. ISBN 9780195322736. info
- PERSSON, Torsten and Guido TABELLINI. Political economics : explaining economic policy. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000, xix, 533. ISBN 9780262161954. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures
- Assessment methods
- Final written test cosists of 40 questions. Each question has four possible answers (a/b/c/d). Only one is correct. Student needs 20 correct answers to pass the exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednášky jsou dostupné online a ze záznamu.
Information on course enrolment limitations: max. 20 cizích studentů; cvičení pouze pro studenty ESF - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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