Course detail

Municipal Finances

FP-KvfPAcad. year: 2012/2013

The content of the lecture is to introduce a fiscal policy, budgetary system, public expenditures, programs and projects in the Czech Republic. It highlighted the issue of procurement, PPP projects, alternative sources of funding in the public sector, as well as the area of ​​financing health care, education and territories Czech Republic. Indispensable part of the interpretation is to familiarize students with the EU's regional policy, methodology development projects for absorption of EU funds and explained the importance of promoting entrepreneurship and export financing by the government and the ministries of the Czech Republic.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire basic knowledge of macroeconomic financial flows in a mixed economy, and will be familiar with the principles of state economic policy as well as principles of modern taxation systems. The starting point of the course is the understanding of the public choice as a decision-making mechanism in the public sector. Students will have a clear idea of how to apply the acquired knowledge in practice.

Prerequisites

Secondary school knowledge of political and voting system in the Czech republic. Basic macroagregates and relations. State economic policy. System of public budgets.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit requirements: Students individually and separately at each of exercising a given task, which follows the lectures. Basis for preparation of the task, the student must individually find. Data requirements for students can be found in news subject. Assignments students are required to submit at the end of exercise to assess teacher. The proper task the student receives one point, the student can receive a maximum of 5 points. The condition for the credit is to get at least 4 points. Students can substitute exercises in other hours of seminars than that correspond to the individual student's schedule. In practice No. 6, students have the opportunity to complete missing data in documents already cast.
Note: Student brings the first exercise folder in which during the semester will be to have the individual sub-solving tasks.
Form of examination: The exam is written. Exam takes the form of a test (questions with four possible answers - just one of which is correct, questions with yes / no answers, a brief explanation of basic concepts. Time allowed: 30 minutes. Max. Exam points - 100 2nd appeal term tests will be implemented in the form of oral. classification rules - see Study and examination Regulations University.

Course curriculum

basic concepts of public finances, budgetary system, state budget, funding UZC, funding for education, health care financing, the financing of social security, public procurement, international aspects of public finance

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to create a link between the public finance theory and, in a broad sense, the public economy theory on one hand, and modern application of these theories in the sphere of public finance on the other hand. Students will have a clear idea of basic categories of the theory of public finance and will be provided with tools necessary for understanding of current political and economic situation.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures is recommended, attendance at seminars is controlled. The way of substituting of missed lectures and seminars is fully in the teacher; competence.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

LAJTKEPOVÁ, E. (2013): Veřejné finance v České republice : teorie a praxe. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM. (CS)
LAJTKEPOVÁ, E. - ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, O. (2011): Veřejné finance: pracovní listy. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM. (CS)

Recommended reading

PEKOVÁ, J. (2011): Finance územní samosprávy: teorie a praxe v ČR. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. (CS)
PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, R. (2015): Financování měst, obcí a regionů: teorie a praxe. 3. aktual. a roz. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing. (CS)
MAAYTOVÁ, A., OCHRANA, F. a J. PAVEL.(2015): Veřejné finance v teorii a praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-EP , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

Seminars:
•Introduction, political and voting system.
•Financing of political parties.
•Financing of education activities.
•Financing of health care.
•Local public finance, local budgets.
•Social insurance.
•Credit test.