Study:	Public administration - 2. semester
Code:	111487
ECTS:	3.0
Course coordinators:	izv. prof. dr. sc. Tereza Rogić Lugarić

Literature:

Jelčić, B., Lončarić Horvat, O., Šimović, J., Arbutina H.; Financijsko pravo i financijska znanost; Narodne novine (2008)

Optional literature:

Jure Šimović, Hrvoje Arbutina, Nikola Mijatović, Tereza Rogić Lugarić, Sonja Cindori; Hrvatski fiskalni sustav; Narodne novine (2010) Pavić, Ž.; Od antičkog do globalnog grada; Pravni fakultet, Zagreb (2001) Šimović, J., Rogić Lugarić T.; Financiranje javnih potreba u velikim gradovima: iskustva Grada Zagreba; Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta, br.6. (2005) Zakon o financiranju jedinica lokalne i područne (regionalne) samouprave; Zakon o proračunu; Rogić Lugarić, T.; Razvojne tendencije u financiranju velikih hrvatskih gradova - u pripremi; (2011)

Description:

An overview of urban transformation of the cities, Europe, The United States of America, The Republic of Croatia. Theoretical grounds of differentiation of cities according to the size. Large city. Medium-sized city. Small town. Budget as a basic instrumenet of financing public needs. Main features. Historical development. Principles. Types. Functions. Some particularities of city budgets. Comparative overview of selected models of financing large cities The United States of America, Europe. Normative grounds of the position and financing of large cities in the Republic of Croatia. The law on Local and Regional Self -Governement. The Law on Financing of Local and Regional Self-Government Units. The Budget Act. Tendencies of financing public needs of the large cities and towns in the Republic of Croatia; An analysis of city budgets according to: City/town. The analysis of city/town expenditures. Functional classification. Economic classification. The analysis of city/town revenues. Tax revenues. Non-tax revenues. Grants. Loans Synthetic overview of the main features of financing of the large cities and towns in the Republic of Croatia.

Cognitive Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- recall and mark individual types of public goods;

- recognise and recall budgetary levels;

- explain the concept of fiscal federalism and local finances;

- name and single out the most important trends in the area of local finances;

- name and define the most important principles of local finances

- indicate the position and role of towns in the system of local and regional units;

- recall and recognise basic role of public (local) finances;

- recall and mark basic types of public (local) expenditures;

- group and define local revenues;

- recall and describe the budget and budgetary process;

- describe and define normative framework of financing towns in Croatian and selčected comparative context;

- discuss and critically evaluate certain normative solutions.

Application

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- understand and use the theory of public goods;

- use, demonstrate and apoply principles of local finances;

- illustrate the influence of modern trends and challenges on local and town finances;

- choose and outline town revenues and expenditure;

- distribute acquired theoretical knowledge on the system of Croatian town revenue and expenditure;

- demonstrate town budgets;

- compare the Croatian model of financing towns with selected comparative models

Analysis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- categorise budgetary levels;

- categorise public goods;

- indicate kex problems in local finances;

- distinguish local public goods from other goods;

- connect local goods with appropriate instrument and revenue for their financing;

- categorise town revenues and expenditure;

- analyse town budgetary documents;

- categorise laws connected to town financing;

- compare theoretical recommendations and practical solutions.

Synthesis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- construct the connection between individual modern trends and characteristics of town financing;

- construct the connection between the type of public good and the selection of the most appropriate instrument for its financing;

- prepare a theoretical explanation of individual town revenues and expenditure;

- formulate and propose possible course of changes in the system of town revenues and expenditure

Evaluation

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- evaluate the position and dinancial role of towns in the system of local and regional units;

- reexamine justifiability of individual solutions in the system of town revenues and expenditures;

- estimate sustainability of the Croatian town financing model;

- compare individual solutions in the Croatian and comparative context.

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- apply and present learning outcomes in everyday work;

- independently and/or as a team member responsibly face and solve daily working tasks;

- express and argument their own standpoints and opinions;

- develop collaboration and communication skills.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Forms of testing:

- oral examination

- written mid-term examinations composed oq multiple choice questions and questions of an essay type (explan a concept, complete the sentence)

- analysis and presentation of a selected topic.

Consultations schedule:

• izv. prof. dr. sc. Tereza Rogić Lugarić :

  Tuesday, 9,00 - 10,00 (Dean´s Office)

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 6