Course Details

Price theory

Academic Year 2024/25

DV71 course is part of 1 study plan

D-K-C-SI (N) / FMI Summer Semester 1st year

General price theories as part of economical theory. Benefit theory. Demand theory. Value theory. Value and price. Productional function and costs. Cost curves. Cost analysis. Theory of price in differet competitional settings. Pricing policy in company. State pricing policy. Market protection. Price regulation. Price and total balance of economical system. Inflation. Cost analysis of inflation. Price indexes. Price manner in time. Price parity. Price of currency. Currency rates.

Credits

8 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Institute

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

Macro and microeconomical problematics of appraisement of estate in general, companies’ manner at market, consumers’ possibilities of choice, model manner of market and price principles for subjects with aim to suceed and advance.

Aims

To emphasize position of prizes in the whole economical course of evets in consecutiveness to macro and microeconomical problematics. Price as carrier of decision activity.
Knowledge of bases of economic price theory. Ability to focus on pricing policies.

Basic Literature

Friedman David D.: Price Theory. Ohio 1986
Hanna, N., Dodge, H.R.: Pricing, Management. Management Press, Praha 1997
Kasan J., Fibírová J.: Ceny a cenová politika. Aleko 1991
McCloscey Donald N.: Aplikovaná teorie ceny. SPN Praha 1992

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

1. Position of price and price levels in macroeconomics 2. Price and its function in microeconomic problematics 3. Theory of value and price 4. Theory of benefit and use of price 5. Costs and creation of price 6. Cost curves, cost analysis 7. Costs and price in accordace with branch economics 8. Price policy of state 9. Price policy of company 10. Market protection, touched legislation 11. Price regulation and its usability 12. Manner of prizes in time, currency rates 13. Price parity and its usability in EU