Interactive Syllabus

Syllabus of the course:

The course presents an introduction to Public Economics. It deals with that part of national economy which is funded from redistributive processes and which is usually referred to as the Public Sector. The subject matter is divided into two interrelated blocks:

The first block works more deeply with some basic concepts known to the students from Microeconomics course, mainly the econimc roles of the government. The rationale for the public sector is explored here as well. The objective is to enhance critical and analytical economic-thinking of students here.

The second block deals with processes of resource allocation decisions making within the Public Sector and introduction to the Public Policy and  analysis of "anathomy" of finantial flows within the Public Sector.The objective is to understand main principles and issues of public finances in modern economics. This block also introduces the students to the structure of public budget revenues placing special emphasis on taxes. The aim is to understand principles of "good" taxation and to cope with differences in attitude towards practical issues of a tax policy.

During the semestr you can work out a seminar work and gain 10 extra point. So If you want to use this option, please contact Ing. Iveta Štarhová through email (322996@mail.muni.cz) and she will assign you a topic of your seminar work. For gaining 10 points you will have to not only write a seminar work but also present its outputs  at one of her lessons (i. e. 3. 11., 10. 11. or 24. 11.). Max. lenght of seminar work is 10 pages A4 and max. lenght of presentation is 15 minutes.
 

The course will be finished by a written exam at the last week of the semester (15.12.2015). The exam will consist of two parts: a multichoice test and essay on the topic related to the course.
You can earn max. 40 points (22 points from the test and 18 from the essay) and for passing you have to gain at least 60 % (i. e. 24 points). Oral exam is obligatory only for those who don´t pass the written exam. Dates of oral exam will negotiate individualy after results of the written part.
 

E-mail: 322996@mail.muni.cz
 

Timetable fo 2015/16:

No.	Date		Topic	                               Lecturer
1	22.9.2015	self-study		               -
2	29.9.2015	Game theory		               Miloš Fišar
3	6.10.2015	Experimental Economics	               Miloš Fišar
4	13.10.2015	Market Failures 	               Marek Vyskočil
5	20.10.2015	Public Choice and Government Failures  Miloš Fišar
6	27.10.2015	Bureaucracy & Inequality	       Miloš Fišar
7	3.11.2015	Introduction to public finance	       Iveta Štarhová
8	10.11.2015	Introduction to the tax theory	       Iveta Štarhová
9	17.11.2015	National holiday	               -
10	24.11.2015	Budgetary deficit and public debt      Iveta Štarhová
11	1.12.2015	Non-profit sector	               Jakub Pejcal
12	8.12.2015	Budgetary Systems, Local Finance,
                        Finance EU                             Filip Hrůza
13	15.12.2015	 Final exam	                       Iveta Štarhová