Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Economic policy

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	156-0459/01
Abbreviation	HPO
Course title	Economic policy
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Applied Economics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Jaromír Gottvald, CSc.

Subject syllabus

• Market and government failures, changing views on the role of the state in the economy from the point of view of individual economic schools
• Economic policy, influence of institutions and expectations on its form and effectiveness
• Growth policy, stabilization policy
• Fiscal policy
• Monetary policy
• Foreign-trade policy
• Competition policy
• Structural policy
• Regional policy
• Employment Policy
• Redistribution policy
• Social policy
• Environmental policy
• Economic policy in selected countries (USA, Great Britain, Sweden, Japan, Czech Republic)

Literature

Bénassy-Quéré, A., Coeuré, B, Jacquet, P., Pisani-Ferry, J. (2010). Economic Policy: Theory and Practice. New York, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532273-6.
McConnel, C. R., Stanley, L. B., Flynn, S. M. (2015) Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies. McGraw-Hill 20th ed. .

Advised literature

Mankiw, G. N. (2014). Principles of Economics. 7th ed., Cengage Learning. ISBN 128516587X.
Dornbusch, R., Fischer, S., Startz, R. (2017). Macroeconomics. 13th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill. .

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