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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Regional Economics

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 118-0331/05
Abbreviation Reger
Course title Regional Economics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Regional and Environmental Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Sucháček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1 An enterprise and the household as open systems. Role in the development of the country.
2 Location decisions of enterprises. Approaches to location decisions and comparisons.
3 Localization factors, their development and significance.
4 Role of transport costs in location. Optimal localization.
5 Transport costs and spatial monopoly. The strategy of spatial monopoly.
6 Behaviorists conception of localization. Business organization and location decisions. Types of business organizational structures and localization behavior.
7 Localization behavior of large and small businesses. Business Network.
8 The theory of product cycle and its spatial effects. New industry and regional growth centers.
9 Interaction sites. Dispersion and concentrated localization models. Mechanisms for concentration and dispersion of economic activity.
10 agglomeration effects and their economic significance. The optimum size of cities.
11 Interrelationship of economic entities and creation of spatial structures. Von Thunenova theory of land use.
12 Theory of the spatial structure of the city. Optimization and location decisions households.
13 The settlement structure and urban systems. The theory of central places. The theory of urban systems.
14 Models of urban development. Particular developmental stages and their application.

Literature

1. Armstrong, M., Taylor, J.: Regional Economics and Policy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000.
2. Dunning, J., Lundan, S.: Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy. London: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

Advised literature

3. Vanhove, N., Klaassen, L.H.: Regional Policy - A European Approach.
Avenbury, Gower Publishing Company Limited, 1987.