CST:CZS21 Economic Aspects of the Transi - Course Information

CZS21 Economic Aspects of the Transition Process

Extent and Intensity

4/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Libor Žídek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Bc. Dana Dobešová (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Petra Dvořáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Vladimír Hyánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Robert Jahoda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Kotherová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michal Kvasnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Martin Kvizda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Petr Musil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Ing. Zdeněk Tomeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Petra Černíková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Monika Jamborová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Veronika Kartusová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A.
Pan-university studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Martin Vašek

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Central European Studies Program (programme CST, CESP)
• Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Tesol Teacher Education Program (programme CST, TTEP)

Course objectives

An introduction to recent economic developments in the Czech Republic and other Central European countries. One thematic block deals with such issues as privatization, monetary policy, inflation and international trade. A second discusses public sector transformation, presenting basic characteristics of the transformation of the public sector in the Czech Republic compared to those in developed countries as well as other post-Communist countries.

Syllabus

• 1. Economic History of Czechoslovakia 2. Economic, Political and Social Consequences of Transition in the former Czechoslovakia 3. The Process of restructuring Czech industry, focused on the way of privatization 4. Monetary policy of the transition process 5. Exchange rate policy 6. Czech Inflation in Nineties 7. Development of the Czech international trade 8. Introduction to the Transformation of the Public Sector 9. Tax Reform in the Czech Republic 10. Fiscal Policy in the Transition Period 11. Fiscal decentralisation in the Czech republic, local government budgets 12. Transformation of a selected public sector branch (case study), Health Care Reform 13. Third Sector (NNO) Development

Assessment methods

lectures, a written exam in two parts - midterm and final. Please note that the course cannot be combined with the following two courses: PETEHP The Transformation of the Czech Economy and its Economic Policy and PVTRPS Transformation of the Public Sector, as their contents overlap to a great extent. If the student is caught during the examination performing any form of forbidden activity (for example: cribbing, allowing cribbing, using non-permitted materials and devices, exchanging tests, creating copies of tests, or substituting for other student), the teacher will stop the exam and according to the seriousness of the offence the student will be graded F, or FF or even FFF. Students that arrive directly at the ESF and want to sign for a course about the transformation process have obligation to choose Transformation of the Czech Economy and its Economic Policy. They CANNOT choose Economic Aspects of Transition Process (CESP).

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Please note that the course cannot be combined with the following two courses: PETEHP The Transformation of the Czech Economy and its Economic Policy and PVTRPS Transformation of the Public Sector, as their contents overlap to a great extent.

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