CONTACTS - e-mail:

Izv. prof. dr. sc. Katarina Marošević - kmarosev@pravos.hr

PhD Katarina Marošević, Associate Professor - kmarosev@pravos.hr

Izv. prof. dr. sc. Jelena Legčević - legcevic@pravos.hr

Prof. dr. sc. Rajko Odobaša - rodobasa@pravos.hr

SILABUS - integrated study

Course objective:

Introducing students to the theory and practice of economic policy. Special emphasis is placed on the national economy and the analysis of the economic reality of the Republic of Croatia. In addition to macroeconomic policy, which refers to the regulation of conditions and relations in the economy as a whole, the example of one economic branch will show its interaction with other individual economic branches.

Mandatory exam literature:

Samuelson, P. A., Nordhaus, W. D. (2011). Economics, Mate d. D., Zagreb.

Obadić, A., Tica, J., editor (s). (2016). Croatian Economy, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, Zagreb.

Bosanac, N. (1994). Introduction to Croatian economics, Intergraf, Osijek

Marošević, K. (2021). Regional development and imbalances in the Republic of Croatia, Faculty of Law Osijek, Osijek

LECTURES

Lectures are available on the moodle (e-student) system.

You apply via AAI@EDU.hr electronic identity, which you can request in the info center of the Faculty of Law every working day from 8 am to 3 pm.

SEMINAR TOPICS AND PROCEDURE FOR SUBMISSION AND EXHIBITION OF SEMINAR PAPERS

Full-time and part-time students are free to choose one of the offered topics (see list)  and contact by e-mail the professor appointed to teach in order to accept the topic. After approval, the student can proceed to the preparation of a seminar paper in accordance with the instructions for the preparation of a seminar paper located on the distance learning system, Moodle, at the Department of Economic Sciences, folder seminar classes. Students are required to send a seminar paper that they apply for the exam period in which they want to take the seminar, no later than seven working days before the exam deadline for possible corrections to the seminar paper. Upon receipt of the seminar paper, the student will be notified of the receipt and of further access and the date of answering / presenting the seminar.

Macroeconomic performance of the Republic of Croatia

 Economic growth and sustainable development

 Living standard and economic development

 Unemployment and measures to combat unemployment

 Inflation and anti-inflation policy of the Republic of Croatia

 External debt of the Republic of Croatia

 Exports - the salvation of the Croatian economy

 Foreign direct investment in the function of growth and development of the Croatian  

 economy

 Institutional framework of foreign direct investment in the Republic of Croatia

Regional development policy Regional policy of the EU and the Republic of Croatia

 Osijek-Baranja County Development Strategy

 Vukovar-Srijem County Development Strategy

Entrepreneurship and development

 The importance and role of entrepreneurship in the development of the Croatian

 economy

 Franchise in Croatia

The role of the state in economic development

 The gray economy and the possibilities of its suppression

  The role of the state in a market economy

  Economic freedoms in the Republic of Croatia

  Transition in Croatia: Consequences and Expectations

  Social infrastructure as a factor in the development of the Croatian economy

  Economic sanctions: impact analysis

World and European trends

 The global financial crisis and its consequences for Croatia

 Globalization: triumph and consequences

 Croatia and the European Union: advantages and risks; where are we?

 Competitiveness of the Croatian economy on the world and European market

Population

 Population and development: demographic trends in the Republic of Croatia

 Lifelong learning in the function of the development of the Republic of Croatia

 The role of education in the development of the Republic of Croatia

 Analysis of supply and demand on the Croatian labor market

 Poverty in the Republic of Croatia

 Social exclusion in the Republic of Croatia

 Population migrations

Labor market in the Republic of Croatia

 Flexibility in the labor market

 Gender discrimination in the labor market: European and Croatian experience

 Active and passive employment policies

 Education and employment

 Trends in the Croatian labor market

 The role and importance of the Croatian Employment Service: implementation of the

 national plan for stimulating employment

Analysis of an individual industry of the Republic of Croatia

 Croatian tourism: state and trends

 Agricultural development and agricultural policy

 Industrial policy

 Transport function in the Croatian economy

Croatia's Institutional Cooperation Abroad

 Croatia's Cooperation with the IMF - Advantages and Disadvantages

 Croatian cooperation with the World Bank - advantages and disadvantages

 The role of the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) in

 overcoming the crisis

 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) - role and  

 significance

 World Trade Organization (WTO) - role and significance

 European Monetary Fund - the institution of a new European economic policy

Unconventional Topics

 The Economics of AIDS

 The economics of terrorism

 Narcotic drug abuse - reasons for economic harm