Public Finance - JEB025

• Title: Public Finance
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 5
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 185 / unknown (185)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Additional information: http://ies.fsv.cuni.cz/en/syllab/JEB025
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. Petr Janský, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Tomáš Boukal; Bathusi Gabanatlhong; doc. Petr Janský, M.Sc., Ph.D.; PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D.; Mgr. Marek Šedivý; Mgr. Jan Žalman
• Class: Courses for LLEP; Courses for incoming students
• Pre-requisite : {Group of pre-requisites for JEB025 (JEB003 or JEB101 or JPB362)}
• Incompatibility : JSM731
• Is incompatible with: JEM164, JSM731, JPM249

Annotation

English

Last update: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (06.06.2020)

The course provides a basis for the economic analysis of public policy issues. It focuses on the role of government and rationale for governments' actions, theory of public spending, public choice theory, discusses fiscal policy tools and limits and the impact of taxes on economic activities. The official course webpage is in the SIS. All relevant documents will be posted there. You will be asked to use the SIS to turn in home assignments, and all your results will be posted there. The lectures take place every week.

Czech

Last update: PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D. (16.02.2017)

Kurz se zabývá běžnými tématy veřejných financí: úvodem zdůvodníme ekonomickou roli státu, definujeme veřejné statky a základní principy veřejných výdajů. Velká část kurzu je poté věnována teorii zdanění, tj. jak daně ovlivňují chování, a analýze teorie veřejných výdajů, konkrétně teorie veřejné volby. Nakonec shrneme základy politické ekonomie a probereme některé aplikace studovaných teorií.

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Petr Janský, M.Sc., Ph.D. (13.11.2019)

Course requirements

1)      Home assignments: max. 20 points

There will be 2 home assignments (HA) with a maximum of 10 points each.

 

2)      Wiki edit: max. 20 points

There will be a list of Wikipedia pages on topics from public finance that need improvement. You are asked toregister in an online system (Wikiproject) that tracks Wikipedia edits, sign up for topics and contribute. Wikipedia edits are individual work. You are expected to contribute around 1000 words to Wikipedia. All your edits are registered in the Wikiproject.

 

3)      Final exam: max. 60 points

The final exam will be a written test and will cover material from all the lectures, both home assignments and also the course textbook (Stiglitz, Economics of the Public Sector, third edition; only chapters that are covered in lectures). There will be at least three exam dates announced in the SIS. See Appendix B for more information on exams.

Grading

Your final grade will consist of three parts: home assignments (max. 20 points), Wiki edits (max. 20 points) and the final exam (max. 60 points). The final grade will be determined based on the standard 10-point intervals.

Literature

English

Last update: doc. Petr Janský, M.Sc., Ph.D. (13.11.2019)

Literature

Required reading (main textbook):

·         Stiglitz, J.E. (2000) Economics of the Public Sector, third edition

 

Additional textbooks:

·         Hillman, A.L. (2009) Public Finance and Public Policy, Responsibilities and Limitations of Government, Cambridge University Press          

·         Gruber, J. (2010) Public Finance and Public Policy, Worth Publishers

·         Hindriks, J., Myles, G.D. (2006) Intermediate Public Economics, The MIT Press

·         Barr, N. (2004) The Economics of the Welfare State, Stanford University Press

·         Cullis, J., Jones, P. (1998) Public Finance and Public Choice, McGraw Hill

Czech

Last update: PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D. (16.02.2017)

•    Stiglitz, J.E. (2000) Economics of the Public Sector, 3. Edition
•    Hillman, A.L. (2009) Public Finance and Public Policy, Responsibilities and Limitations of Government, Cambridge University Press    
•    Gruber, J. (2010) Public Finance and Public Policy, Worth Publishers
•    Hindriks, J., Myles, G.D. (2006) Intermediate Public Economics, The MIT Press
•    Barr, N. (2004) The Economics of the Welfare State, Stanford University Press
•    Cullis, J., Jones, P. (1998) Public Finance and Public Choice, McGraw Hill

Syllabus

English

Last update: PhDr. Petr Bednařík, Ph.D. (06.06.2020)

Plan of the course

1.      Introduction

2.      Economic rationale for the government

3.      Public goods, cost-benefit analysis

4.      Public choice theory, political economy

5.      Externalities and the environment

6.      Expenditure programs, decentralization

7.      Public procurement

8.      The welfare state

9.      Introduction to taxation, tax incidence

10.  Optimal taxation, personal income taxation

11.  Tax avoidance and tax evasion

12.  International tax competition and tax avoidance by companies

 

Course requirements

1)      Home assignments: max. 20 points

There will be 2 home assignments (HA) with a maximum of 10 points each.

 

2)      Wiki edit: max. 20 points

There will be a list of Wikipedia pages on topics from public finance that need improvement. You are asked toregister in an online system (Wikiproject) that tracks Wikipedia edits, sign up for topics and contribute. Wikipedia edits are individual work. You are expected to contribute around 1000 words to Wikipedia. All your edits are registered in the Wikiproject.

 

3)      Final exam: max. 60 points

The final exam will be a written test and will cover material from all the lectures, both home assignments and also the course textbook (Stiglitz, Economics of the Public Sector, third edition; only chapters that are covered in lectures). There will be at least three exam dates announced in the SIS. See Appendix B for more information on exams.

 

Grading

Your final grade will consist of three parts: home assignments (max. 20 points), Wiki edits (max. 20 points) and the final exam (max. 60 points). The final grade will be determined based on the standard 10-point intervals.

 

Czech

Last update: PhDr. Miroslav Palanský, Ph.D. (06.02.2018)

Úvod do veřejných financí

Ekonomické zdůvodnění role státu

Veřejné statky

Externality

Politická ekonomie

Výdajové programy

Sociální programy a přerozdělování

Teorie zdanění

Dopad daní

Zdanění a ekonomická efektivnost

Optimální zdanění