Economic Policy

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	114-0559/01
Abbreviation	HPO
Course title	Economic Policy
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Economics
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jiří Balcar, Ph.D., MBA

Subject syllabus

1. Market and government failures, changing views on the role of the state in the economy from the point of view of individual economic schools
2. Economic policy, influence of institutions and expectations on its form and effectiveness
3. Growth policy, stabilization policy
4. Fiscal policy
5. Monetary policy
6. Foreign-trade policy
7. Competition policy
8. Structural policy
9. Regional policy
10. Employment Policy
11. Redistribution policy
12. Social policy
13. Environmental policy
14. Economic policy in selected countries (USA, Great Britain, Sweden, Japan, Czech Republic)

Literature

BÉNASSY-QUÉRÉ, Agnes, Benoit COURÉ, Pierre JACKQUET, and Jean PISANI-FERRY. Economic Policy: Theory and Practice. New York, Oxford University Press, 2018. 712 p. .
KLIKOVÁ, Christiana a Igor KOTLÁN. Hospodářská politika. 5. vyd. Praha: Sokrates Media, 2019. 294 s. ISBN 978-80-87291-23-8.
SLANÝ, Antonín a kolektiv. Makroekonomická analýza a hospodářská politika. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003. 375 s. ISBN 80-7179-738-3.

Advised literature

TOMEŠ, Zdeněk a kolektiv Hospodářská politika 1900-2007. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2008. 262 s. ISBN: 978-80-7400-002-7.
SLANÝ, Antonín a Milan ŽÁK. Hospodářská politika. 1. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 1999. 271 s. ISBN 80-7179-237-3.
ŠAROCH, Stanislav a kolektiv. Vybrané kapitoly z hospodářské politiky. Praha: VŠE, 2002. 250 s. .

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