CONDITIONS OF THE EXAM

CONDITIONS	FINAL MARKS (APPROXIMATELY)
lecture activity evaluation (see Notebooks) - up to 20 points seminar work (paper) - up to 20 points (10 points for the presentation of paper and 10 points for the content of written paper) final test (16/5/2018) - up to 40 points final essay (16/5/2018) - up to 20 points	A more than 61 points B 56 - 60 points C 51 - 55 points D 46 - 50 points E 40 - 45 points F less than 40 points

Seminar paper

Seminar paper is prepared and presented by a single student. For the date of your presentation - see the list of presentation which is available below.

Seminar paper should be finished and inserted into the Information System no later than May 2, 2018.

Seminar paper should be at maximum length of 6 - 10 pages A4 in the MS Word processor, maximum double spacing, Arial or Times New Roman, 12 size and must be uploaded into the IS university system - link to the file could be found below. Keep in mind, that content of the seminar paper will be assessed together with the compliance of the rules for academic writing.
 

	Topic of Seminar Paper	Student	Lecturer	Date of Presentation
1	Present Fiscal Policy Strategy of Your Country	1. Dizdar, Faris	Petra Dvořáková	07/03/2018
2	Public Budget Reform in Your Country	1. Školjić, Lejla	Petra Dvořáková	07/03/2018
3	Public Administration Reform in Your Country	1. Carrillo Hernández, Carolina 2. Cheng, Chhengkeang	Petra Dvořáková	14/03/2018
4	Present Tax Policy of Your Country (VAT, CIT, PIT etc.)	1. Loponen, Elina 2. Nafiz, Md Sahriar	Robert Jahoda	21/03/2018
5	Fiscal Federalism in Your Country (Intergovernmental Relations)	1. Mehić, Emir	Eduard Bakoš	28/03/2018
6		-	Robert Jahoda	04/04/2018
7	Health Care System in Your Country	1. Rahal, Elie	Martin Guzi	11/04/2018
8	Higher Education System in Your Country	1. Chahwan, Amanda	Eduard Bakoš	18/04/2018
9	Income Inequality and Poverty	1. Olivero Lara, Julio A. 2. Hontyk, Yana	Martin Guzi	25/04/2018
10	Regulatory Impact Assessment	-	Katarína Staroňová	02/05/2018
11	Migration	1. Fazy Man	Martin Guzi	09/05/2018
12	Education System in Your Country	1. Tzivelopoulou, Christina Panagiota	Eduard Bakoš	16/5/2018
13	Own Topic - must be approved by the lecturer (please send email to Mr. Bakoš by 28/02/2018)	-		By agreement

Second part of the lecture
This lecture provides a view on the main features of the national (public) reforms.

Introduction is available HERE

Abstract of the Lecture

The presentation is focused on a development of fiscal policy in the Czech Republic in the period 1993 - 2003 (so called transformation period). Theoretical characteristics of fiscal policy are briefly mentioned at the beginning of the lecture. Afterwards the theory is applied to development of fiscal policy in the Czech Republic, that is divided into two main periods. The periods are analyzed separately. The fiscal position of the Czech Republic is compared with the Maastricht fiscal criteria at the end of the lecture.

Prepare answers to the following questions for the lecture so we can discuss them.

1. What are the public budgets? Try to define them.

2. What is usually involved in the system of public budgets?

3. Is there any difference between budget policy and fiscal policy?

4. What are the basic fiscal instruments and how do they work?

Abstract of the lecture

The presentation is divided into two main parts. The introductory part of the lecture contains the theoretical explication of the fiscal imbalance problem, deficit and debt origin and their influence on the public budgets. The second part of the lecture focuses on reforms of public budgets in general, their usual measures and supposed impacts on the public budgets. As an example of a deep reform the Concept of Public Budgets Reform in the Czech Republic (2003 - 2006) is desribed. There are also introduced risks connected with the Concept's realization. The following Czech public budget reform (2008 - 2010) is discussed too in connection to economic crisis.

Prepare answers to the following questions for the lecture so we can discuss them.

1. Is there any difference between public deficit and public debt?

2. Specify possible ways of public deficit financing.

3. Think about main features of the public budgets reform – what should be done to stabilize public budgets in general?

Abstract of the lecture

The objective of the lecture is to introduce the process and trends of public administration reform in the CR after 1989. The core of the lecture deals with the reform of the territorial public administration (its municipal, district and regional level), particularly with changes of the institutional system.

The lecture is divided into following parts:

• Brief introduction to Czech and international public administration theory
• Detailed introduction into Territorial public administration and its reform in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
• Detailed introduction into Central public administration reform
• Summary of the reform outputs and outcomes
• Brief introduction into the current trends of public administration modernization in the Czech Republic

Issues for discussions

• Positives and negatives of centralisation / decentralisation and its consequences in the Czech Republic
• Administrative system and current reform projects in home countries of students

Abstract of the lecture

The aim of the lecture is to introduce to the students change of the socialist tax system to the tax system of the market economy, with the impact on harmonisation process of the EU countries. Along with setting off its way to independent existence after the Czechoslovak split-up at the beginning of 1993, the Czech Republic has also completed the tax reform that has been implementing gradually since 1990. The Czech tax system has been brought to a standard western system, with the goal of integration of the Czech republic into the European Union. The lecture is divided into following steps: (1) introduction to the real tax reform, which was realised between 1990 and 1993 (implementing period), (2) description of the particular changes between 1993 and 2000 (adjusting period) and (3) explanation of further changes after 2000 (harmonising period).

In the second part of the lecture we discuss some specific problems connected with the reforms of tax systems in selected countries.
 

Prezentation

Abstract of the lecture

The lecture is divided into two main parts. The introductory part of the lecture contains the theoretical explication of the fiscal federalisms and its origin. The second part of the lecture focuses on fiscal decentralization itself - the case study of Czech Republic. In the beginning we will start with conception of fiscal federalism and decentralization. Then we will turn attention on municipality and its budget. We will examine structure of expenditure and revenue side of municipal budget and development of the tax revenue of the local level government. At the end of the lecture we will solve some specific problems connected with fiscal decentralization in the Czech Republic (eg. fiscal capacity of the regional budgets, development and specification of district authorities and their budgets, debt policy at the local level government, development of the capital revenues, etc).

All students are supposed to prepare answers to the following questions for the lecture:

Presentation

Abstract of the lecture

The main aim of the lecture is to discuss the changes, which were introduced in the field of social policy after 1989. The attention is paid to the social security system, which has been transformed from state monopoly system into a plural system based on three tiers: social insurance, state social support and social assistance. In details, particular reforms in the social insurance field are discussed. The history, methods, reform steps and an analysis of the process are presented in the lecture to reveal the complexity of the reform possibilities and outcomes (the level of equity, effectiveness and impact of the EU).

All students are supposed to prepare answers to the following questions for the lecture:

Materials are uploaded here: 

This class will teach students about:
1. Different types of health financing strategies 
2. Universal health coverage program endorsed by United Nations
3. Bismarck’s health insurance and its impact on mortality by the end of 19th century
4. Czech Health Care System Historical background
5. The organization of health care system in Lebanon (student presentation)
6. Determinants of life expectancy gains in OECD countries over recent decades

Materials are uploaded here.

Materials are uploaded here.

This class will teach students about:
1. Changes in the income distribution and poverty in the post-communist countries after 1990?
2. Hidden inequality of post-communist countries.
2. Tax-benefit reforms that rise income of poor to a sustainable level. (UK 
3. Experiences from anti-poverty programs in Latin America. 

Suggested reading: 
Reducing poverty and inequality through tax-benefit reform and the minimum wage: the UK as a case-study
http://repository.essex.ac.uk/20771/

Lecture is here

Materials are uploaded here:

Requested reading (uploaded to IS):  
1. Disability Discrimination Act 2005, Disability Discrimination (Premises) Regulations 2006

Materials are uploaded here.

This class will teach students about:
1. Global migration flows. 
2. Barriers to mobility
3. Climate as a migration driver 
4. Characteristics of migration in South-Asia (student presentation)

Suggested reading: 
Migration for Development: From Challenges to Opportunities
https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/glodps/70.html

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