Course Details

Economy of Municipalities

Academic Year 2023/24

NVB060 course is part of 2 study plans

​ NPC-MI Winter Semester 1st year

​ NPC-GK Winter Semester 1st year

Specifications of terms like village and city as a social-economic system. Property of villages and cities. System of public budgets and budgets of district councils, cities and villages. Local and urban councils organization.

Course Guarantor

doc. JUDr. Ing. Zdeněk Dufek, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Structural Economics and Management

Objective

To get basic knowledge from area of organisation of municipality authorities. To acquire ability to orient in municipalities economy, management of property and financial resources for preparing proficiency in public investments.

Knowledge

Knowledge from area of organisation of municipality authorities.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of fundamental economic terminology and relations. Basics of microeconomic and macroeconomic theories.

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

2 credits

Semester

winter

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/271080

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

1. The related legislation. 2. Organization of towns and villages. 3. The economic activities of municipalities. 4. Development of municipalities. 5. Property and asset valuation. 6. Infrastructure. 7. Effectiveness of investments. 8. Funding – source. 9. Management methods. 10. Externalities, internalisation and management levels. 11. Rating municipalities. 12. Anti-corruption measures. 13. Presentations of students.