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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Regional Development

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 118-0341/02
Abbreviation REG ROZ
Course title Regional Development
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Regional and Environmental Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Sucháček, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction. Difference and similarity of regional structures. Changes in spatial
structures and their functions over time. Old industrial regions and developing
regions.
2. Region and regionaloizace. Supra-, sub-and trans-nationalist regions. Common
characteristics and criteria of homogeneity and functional regions.
3. Regional development and its determinants. Development and economic growth. Magic Pentagon development. Regional development process, its basic economic
context and production functions.
4. Demand-oriented concept of regional development. Export base theory.
Export multiplier effects and regional income.
5. Regional input-output analysis. Description of the structure and relationships of demand and offers in the IO-table. Primary, secondary and total economic effects
one region.
6. Application of IO-model for two types of regions. The structure of multi-and
inter-regional IO model. IO-stabilizing mechanisms of the model.
7. Neoclassical approach to regional development. The role of capital accumulation
one closed region. Balancing the region's growth through re-
factors and inter-regional trade.
8. The concept of divergent developments in the region. Basic features of the theory of polarization. The concept of growth poles. Center-periphery model.
9. "New Growth Theory" and regional development. Growth of the technical aspects
progress. Basic characteristics and regional consequences of the most important concepts of "new growth theory ".
10. Innovative concept of growth. Innovation, innovation processes and network relationships. Factors of regional differences in innovation: the nature of regional environment corporate structures, functions and business strategies.
11. Regional economic development in a global context. Regional specific regulatory theory (modes of accumulation and social regulation). Regional development of symptoms competitive economy. Flexible specializing in "Industrial Districts ". Empirical observation of innovation.

Literature

1. ARMSTRONG, H. and J. TAYLOR. Regional Economics and Policy. Third Edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 2000. 450 p. ISBN 0-631-21657-X .
2. VANHOVE, N. and L. H. KLAASSEN. Regional Policy - European Approach. Avenbury, Gower Publishing Company Limited, 1987. ISBN 0-566-05413-2.

Advised literature

1. KLASIK, Andrzej (ed.) (2011). The Cities and Agglomerations Development Based on the Culture Sector and Creative Industries. Warsaw: Polish Academy of Science. 428 p. ISBN978-83-89693-17-4 .
2. KERN, J., MALINOVSKÝ, J., SUCHÁČEK, J. (eds.) (2006). Learning Regions in Theory and Practice. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava. 227 s. ISBN 978-80-248-1464-3.
3. STIMSON, R. J., R. R. STOUGH and B. H. ROBERTS (2006). Regional Economic Development. Analysis and Planning Strategy. Second Edition. New York, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 452 p. ISBN 978-3-540-34826-9.
4. SUCHÁČEK, Jan (2008). Territorial Development Reconsidered. Ostrava: VŠB – TU Ostrava. 189 p. ISBN 978-80-248-1876-4.