Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Economic Policy of the Czech Republic

Type of study	Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	156-0314/05
Abbreviation	HP ČR
Course title	Economic Policy of the Czech Republic
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Economics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Transformation
2. Central planned economy
3. Main transformation steps
4. Privatization process
5. Fiscal policy of the Czech Republic
6. Monetary policy of the Czech Republic
7. External economic policy of the Czech Republic
8. Foreign direct investments
9. Economic situation of the Czech Republic in 1997
10. Institutional environment of the Czech Republic
11. Labour markets and unemployment in the Czech Republic
12. Topical problems of the Czech Republic: pension reform, public finance reform
13. Topical problems of the Czech Republic: competitiveness, shadow economy
14. Conclusions

Literature

BAILEY, S. J. Strategic public finance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 0-333-92221-2.

KLAUS, Václav. Dismantling socialism: a preliminary report: ( road to market economy II ) = Demontáž socialismu: předběžná zpráva: (cesta k tržní ekonomice II). Praha: TOP Agency, 1992. .

KLAUS, Václav. Rebirth of a country: five years after: collection of speeches of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Praha: Ringier, 1994. .

Handouts and PowerPoint presentations

Advised literature

ÅSLUND, Anders. How capitalism was built: the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. .

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