MPE_EKTR Economics of Transition

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Vladimír Hajko, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Veronika Končiková (assistant)
doc. Ing. Štěpán Mikula, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Mgr. Václav Šebek (assistant)
Ing. Veronika Vlková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D.
Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lydie Pravdová
Supplier department: Department of Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Thu 7:40–9:15 P106
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPE_EKTR/01: each odd Thursday 9:20–11:00 P201, L. Žídek
MPE_EKTR/02: each even Thursday 9:20–11:00 P201, L. Žídek
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PESZHD Transformation of Czech Econom
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the basic steps of the transformation process (from the centrally planned system to market economy) mainly in the Czech(oslovak) economy . to apply knowledge of economic policy to the case of transformation. to be able to work with literature – read critically and analyse selected (compulsory) reading. to improve the ability to discuss and defend own opinions (at the seminars). The course consists of lectures and seminars dedicated to the main topics of the transformation process. The lectures provide the main themes that are consequently dealt with in greater depth and discussed during the seminars. At the end of the course students should be able to exercise an orientation in the development of the Czech economy during the transformation period. They acquire dispositions for better understanding of the contemporary development. They will get deeper insight into the nature of the basic economic concepts through understanding of the development of the Czech economy.
Syllabus
  • Lectures: 1. economic situation in Czechoslovakia at the end of the 1980s – functioning of the centrally planned system; main economic problems; 2. economic policy during the transformation period – main steps of the economic policy; liberalization measures taken at the beginning of 1991; following measures until 2004; fiscal and monetary policies; 4. economic results achieved – development of the GDP, unemployment and inflation rates; 7. progress of privatisation and development of the banking sector – analysis of the privatisation methods; small and large privatisation; banking sector during the transformation process; 10. analysis of international linkages – international trade, foreign direct investment and the other components of balance of payments; 12. comparison of the transformation process in Poland and Hungary – the differences and similarities in the pace and sequence of the transformation; 13. comparison of the transformation process in Bulgaria
Literature
    required literature
  • ŽÍDEK, Libor. Transformace české ekonomiky (Transformation of the Czech Economy). 1st ed. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2006, 56 pp. ISBN 80-210-4197-8. info
  • ŽÍDEK, Libor. Transformation in Poland. Národohospodářský obzor – Review of Economic Perspectives. Brno: Masaryk University, 2011, vol. 11, No 4, p. 236-270, 34 pp. ISSN 1213-2446. info
    recommended literature
  • KLAUS, Václav and Vladimír TOMŠÍK. Makroekonomická fakta české transformace. Vyd. 1. Brno: NC Publishing, 2007, 139 s. ISBN 9788090385818. info
  • JONÁŠ, Jiří. Ekonomická transformace v České republice :makroekonomický vývoj a hospodářská politika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Management Press, 1997, 207 s. ISBN 80-85943-22-0. info
  • HOLMAN, Robert. Transformace české ekonomiky. Praha: Centrum pro ekonomiku a politiku, 2000. ISBN 80-902795-6-2. info
Teaching methods
The teaching proceeds in the form of lectures and seminars. Lectures are held regularly in selected weeks of the semester. The seminars take place in the weeks between the lectures. Active participation in the seminars is a necessary condition for allowing a student to pass the exam. Students have to study selected readings in preparation for the seminar. Their knowledge can be tested in a form of a brief test during the seminar.
Assessment methods
The final written test is to be taken during the exam period. Any copying, recording or leaking tests, use of unauthorized tools, aids and communication devices, or other disruptions of objectivity of exams (credit tests) will be considered non-compliance with the conditions for course completion as well as a severe violation of the study rules. Consequently, the teacher will finish the exam (credit test) by awarding grade "F" in the Information System, and the Dean will initiate disciplinary proceedings that may result in study termination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět PESZHD.
Information on course enrolment limitations: max. 20 cizích studentů
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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