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Course, academic year 2021/2022
  
Public finances and Economic Tools for Sustainability - AB501078
Title: Public finances and Economic Tools for Sustainability
Guaranteed by: Department of Economics and Management (837)
Faculty: Central University Departments of UCT Prague
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
Points: summer s.:4
E-Credits: summer s.:4
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
For type: Bachelor's
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Annotation
Last update: Hudeček Tomáš doc. RNDr. Ph.D. (15.12.2020)
The course is focused on the financial and economic part of the public sector - economic administration, state budget, tax system of the Czech Republic, budgetary determination of taxes, budgets of regions and, cities, public procurements, PPP and EPC projects. It also includes an introduction to the European Union's financial instruments for development.
Literature
Last update: Hudeček Tomáš doc. RNDr. Ph.D. (15.12.2020)

Hollman, A.-L.. (2019): Public Finance and Public Policy: Responsibilities and Limitations of Government. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Varian, H.R. (2019): Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach. Mass.: MIT Press.

Documents of EC, Ministry for regional development of the Czech Republic

Syllabus
Last update: Hudeček Tomáš doc. RNDr. Ph.D. (15.12.2020)

1) Introduction to the public economy, market failures and their solutions, effects of taxation and the transfer to economic entities

2) Tax system of the Czech Republic vs. EU

3) Sustainability of public finances, fiscal rules

4) Structural policy

5) Budgeting of cities and municipalities, budgetary determination of taxes

6) The budget of the capital city of Prague

7) Excursion

8) Public resources and public procurement

9) PPP projects, general overview and case studies

10) EPC projects, general overview and case studies

11) Public support, legislative framework, forms of public support, integrated investment platforms, specifics of selected public sectors

12) National, regional and municipal grant schemes

13) EU economic policy and economic governance - EU budget and its creation, system and process of distribution of funds to Member States and regions through programs and funds, structural funds

14) Project management of EU funds - European structural and investment funds, the role of EU structural policy, institutional and program organization in the Czech Republic, knowledge of the project cycle, preparation of applications, feasibility studies, case studies

Course completion requirements
Last update: Pošta Vít doc. Ing. Ph.D. (12.09.2023)

To be admitted to the exam, the student needs to actively participate in the seminars and submit a seminar paper that is accepted. The exam is based on a written test.

 
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