Course detail
Municipal Finances
FP-VvfPAcad. year: 2013/2014
The course focuses on the following topics: Public choice as a starting point of understanding of public finance, basic categories of public finance, public revenues and public expenditures, fundamentals of taxation theory including excessive tax burden, fiscal federalism, fiscal and budgetary policy of government, budgetary system in the Czech Republic, budgetary deficit and public debt. Fundamentals of financing in selected areas within the public sector. Ethics of public finance.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1.Active participation in seminars (two absence during the semester is tolerated). 2. Questionnaire processing – A student may obtain two points for a processed and panctually handed in questionnaire. 3. Successful completion of a credit test (max. 10 points). A credit will be granted if a student obtains in total 6 points (a combination of questionnaire and credit test is possible).
Form of examination:
Written only. The exam is a test (questions with four possible answers - just one is correct, open questions, yes/no questions, brief explanation of the basic terms). Time for elaboration: 40 minutes. Max. possible points of exam - 100. Grading rules – see the BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Course curriculum
•Introduction (basic term : public goods, public sector, public finance, public budget)
•Theory of public choice
•History of the theory of public finance
•Public revenues
•Public expenditures
•Theory of taxes
•Fiscal federalism
•System of public finance in the Czech Republic
•State budget
•Fiscal and budgetary policy
•Budgetary deficit
•Public debt
•Social security
•Ethics of public finance
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
LAJTKEPOVÁ, E. - ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, O. (2011): Veřejné finance - pracovní listy. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: CERM. (CS)
LAJTKEPOVÁ, E. (2009): Veřejné finance. 2. dopl. a aktual. vyd. Brno: CERM. (CS)
LAJTKEPOVÁ, E. (2013): Veřejné finance v České republice: teorie a praxe. 1. vyd. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM. (CS)
Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech, v platném znění. Zákon č. 250/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech územních rozpočtů, v platném znění. Zákon č. 243/2000 Sb., o rozpočtovém určení daní, v platném znění. Zákon č. 128/2000 Sb., o obcích, v platném znění. Vyhláška MF 323/2000 Sb., o rozpočtové skladbě, v platném znění. (CS)
Recommended reading
PEKOVÁ, J. (2011): Finance územní samosprávy: teorie a praxe v ČR. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. (CS)
PROVAZNÍKOVÁ, R. (2009): Financování měst, obcí a regionů: teorie a praxe. 2. aktual. a roz. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing. (CS)
Classification of course in study plans
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Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
•Introduction (basic term : public goods, public sector, public finance, public budget)
•Theory of public choice
•History of the theory of public finance
•Public revenues
•Public expenditures
•Theory of taxes
•Fiscal federalism
•System of public finance in the Czech Republic
•State budget
•Fiscal and budgetary policy
•Budgetary deficit
•Public debt
•Social security
•Ethics of public finance
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
•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.