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The course introduces students to the economics of the public sector. It provides the theoretical underpinnings for the interventions of the public sector into the economy including public expenditure analysis and taxation issues. It discusses the questions of when and how to intervene into the market and which effects do the interventions have. It familiarises students with public intervention practice within selected public policy areas and the empirical research techniques taking place within public economics area. Poslední úprava: Vejchodská Eliška, doc. Ing. et Ing., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)
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By the end of the course, students will be able to: - explain the purposes of the public sector interventions lying in efficiency and equity Poslední úprava: Vejchodská Eliška, doc. Ing. et Ing., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)
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Recommended literature Only selected chapters covered by the lectures are compulsory literature sources: Gruber, Jonathan. Public Finance and Public Policy. Worth Publishers, 3rd edition, 2011. Banerjee, Abhijit V. and Duflo, Esther. Good Economics for Hard Times, 2019, Penguin Books. Economics, Society and Public Policy: https://www.core-econ.org/espp/book/text/0-3-contents.html Crook, Tony, John Henneberry, and Christine Whitehead. Planning gain: Providing infrastructure and affordable housing. John Wiley & Sons, 2015. Hanley, Nick, Jason Shogren, and Ben White. Introduction to environmental economics. Oxford University Press, 2019. Okun, Arthur M. Equality and efficiency: The big tradeoff. Brookings Institution Press, 2015. Stiglitz, Joseph E. Public Sector Economics. Third Edition. W.W Norton & Company, New York. 2000. Poslední úprava: Vejchodská Eliška, doc. Ing. et Ing., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)
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Course topics - Introduction Poslední úprava: Vejchodská Eliška, doc. Ing. et Ing., Ph.D. (11.09.2026)
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