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Essays on the impact of technological change on economic structure
Pleticha, Petr ; Srholec, Martin (advisor) ; Bajgar, Matěj (referee) ; Goedhuys, Micheline (referee) ; Lábaj, Martin (referee)
Interní Essays on the Impact of Technological Change on Economic Structure Abstract This dissertation investigates the interplay between technological change and economic structure. Welcomed technological change sometimes brings changes to the structure of the economy which introduces not so welcomed economic frictions. On the other hand, economic structure can foster or hinder technological change. This thesis focuses mainly on structural changes such as R&D financing and global value chain (GVC) integration potentially translating into economic productivity. In Chapter 2, I show that business R&D spending exerts both direct and indirect positive effects on value added. Nevertheless, the heterogeneity of the returns to R&D has seldom been examined. Using detailed sectoral data from Czechia over the period 1995-2015, this study finds that privately funded business R&D has both direct and spillover effects, but that the publicly funded part of business R&D only leads to spillovers. The results further suggest that both upstream and downstream spillovers matter, regardless of the source of funding, and that during the period studied, R&D returns were heavily affected by the economic crisis. Lastly, private R&D offers significant returns only after reaching a critical mass, while the effects of public R&D...
The Impact of Family Policies on Fertility in the Visegrád Group
Gajdušková, Karolína ; Pleticha, Petr (advisor) ; Votápková, Jana (referee)
This thesis examines the effectiveness of family policies implemented in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries after the fall of communism in 1989 and their impact on the total fertility rate. While previous studies on this topic usually focused on one country or a larger group of countries, this thesis provides a comparative approach that enables a more interpretable comparison of policy effects. We analyzed the effects of seven family policies on fertility in the given countries. We chose the synthetic control method that simulated the evolution of the total fertility rate if the given policy had not been introduced. As a control group, we chose countries that are members of both the EU and the OECD. The findings highlight the diverse outcomes of family policies within the V4 Group. While the Czech Republic was successful in boosting fertility through effective allocation of public finances, Hungary's generous investment in family policies provided relatively limited results. For a long period, Poland did not invest in families much, which has changed in recent years and affected fertility positively, yet only a short-term impact is present. Despite allocating fewer resources, Slovakia has managed to maintain a stable total fertility rate. In summary, the impacts of family policies on fertility vary across...
Rising energy prices and the increase in housing benefits: did it help?
Pertold, Filip ; Pleticha, Petr
This study analyzes the effects of changes in the housing benefits policy in Czechia. In response to the surge in energy prices, the Czech government increased the maximum contributions for eligible households. Although the number of households drawing the contribution rose, their share among all eligible households dropped.
How effective are subsidies for electric vehicles? An evaluation of Czech policy
Čekal, Jonáš ; Pleticha, Petr (advisor) ; Ščasný, Milan (referee)
This thesis deals with the effectiveness of Czech electromobility support. First programs to incentivize electric vehicle purchases were introduced by two Czech ministries in 2016 with grants available until the end of 2021. To estimate the effect of Czech incentives on electric vehicle sales, generalized difference-in- differences design is used. The estimation employs two-way fixed effects model with annual and monthly data spanning over 2015-2021. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland were chosen to serve as a control group with electric vehicle market share and electric vehicle registrations as the dependent vari- ables. The results are ambiguous and do not suggest a clear link between the investigated variables and the subsidies. A more detailed dataset would be needed to conduct a definitive impact evaluation. JEL Classification O31, O38, R40, H25 Keywords Electromobility, Incentives, Subsidies, Rebates, Policy evaluation Title How effective are subsidies for electric vehicles? An evaluation of Czech policy
Global Imbalances Reflected in the Eurozone's Accounting
Pleticha, Petr ; Janský, Petr (advisor) ; Paulus, Michal (referee)
In this study I investigate the discrepancies between net investment income and development of net international investment position of the Eurozone. To examine these discrepancies, I use the concept of dark matter which enables quantification of such discrepancies. This study has two goals: to present an alternative view on the development of net international investment position in the Eurozone, and to test validity of the dark matter concept by inspecting its interaction with main economic driving forces such as exchange rate or energy prices. Previous research was mainly focused on the United States and did not study dark matter in broader economic context. To date, no systematic analysis has considered the origins of dark matter behavior. The results indeed present the stocks of dark matter behaving in predictable manner, although, contrary to my expectations, they seem not to be connected with exchange rate. The Eurozone's international investment position adjusted for the stocks of dark matter looks also more optimistically, pushing the concerns about global imbalances aside. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
Trends and Patterns of Meat Consumption in The European Union
Teiml, Matěj ; Pleticha, Petr (advisor) ; Ehrenbergerová, Dominika (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to research the consumption of meat in the European Union and to look for trends and patterns regarding the consumption. We will take advantage of the panel data structure and use our own balanced panel data set to properly verify and quantify the relationship of macroeconomic, and country specific variables with annual meat consumption per capita. We used data covering the consumption of meat in the European Union member countries in the year of 2018, with data ranging from 2000 to 2018. All data in our thesis are annual and aggregated at the level of single European Union member countries. We used standard panel data analysis tools to reach statistically significant results to recognize and estimate the important determinants of meat consumption in the European Union
Affordability of own housing across regions of the Czech Republic
Matoušek, Daniel ; Pleticha, Petr (advisor) ; Kalabiška, Roman (referee)
The main objective of the thesis was to investigate disparities in affordabili- ty of own housing across regions of the Czech Republic using three different approaches. Physical availability was monitored by indicators of Number of dwellings per 1000 citizens and Number of dwellings per 100 housekeeping households. Subsequently, the price-to-income ratio was applied to assess fi- nancial affordability for flats and for family houses, separately. The empirical part of the thesis applied first-difference model to uncover the determinants that could explain the disparities in housing affordability. Thus, only those variables that reported sufficient variability across regions were included in the model. As significant determinants of affordability of flats, volume of mortgage loans, number of finished dwellings, the volume of construction works both in the lagged and unlagged version of variable, the unemployment rate and the number of job vacancies were reported. JEL Classification F12, F21, F23, H25, H71, H87 Keywords housing affordability, price-to-income, panel data, regional analysis Title Affordability of own housing across regions of the Czech Republic Author's e-mail 88952997@fsv.cuni.cz Supervisor's e-mail ppleticha@gmail.com
Productivity of Czech state administration with focus on IT technology and costs connected with use of modern technologies
Fuchs, Pavel ; Pleticha, Petr (advisor) ; Janský, Petr (referee)
Czech state government is often criticized because of slow implementation of new information technologies (IT). Furthermore, IT-related government contracts are frequently overpriced and the official analyses say only little about the projects' efficiency. The paper inquiries into relatively homogenous level of local government represented by municipalities of extended competence. These jurisdictions have to guarantee extensive portfolio of services, however they have relative freedom of investment decision making. We used Data Envelopment Analysis and assigned each municipality with efficiency score. We found out that higher investment in IT does not stand for improved efficiency and indicates inefficiencies in public spending. We also described an ambiguous effect of the size of the district and a significant negative effect of amount of clerks.
Trends and Patterns of Meat Consumption in The European Union
Teiml, Matěj ; Pleticha, Petr (advisor) ; Ehrenbergerová, Dominika (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to research the consumption of meat in the European Union and to look for trends and patterns regarding it's consumption. We will take advantage of the panel data structure and use our own balanced panel data set to properly verify and quantify the relationship of macroeconomic, microeconomic, and country specific variables with annual meat consumption per capita. We used data covering the consumption of meat in the European Union member countries in the year of 2018, with data ranging from 2000 to 2018. All data in our thesis are annual and aggregated at the level of single European Union member countries. We used standard panel data analysis tools to reach statistically significant results and concluded that individual propensity to consume meat varies between countries of the European Union and found evidence suggesting that urbanization and labour force participation impact meat consumption significantly.
Relation of Debt Relief to Social and Military Expenditures: Empirical Evidence
Nykl, Jan ; Baxa, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pleticha, Petr (referee)
This work focuses on the relationship between sovereign debt relief on one side and government expenditure on healthcare, education, and armed forces on the other side. Each effect is estimated separately using two dynamic panel data methods: Arellano-Bond Difference GMM and Arellano-Bover/Blundell-Bond System GMM. I use three subsets of a dataframe that contains 114 recipients of post-1991 debt relief. The health spending analysis was performed on 110 countries observed in the period of 1995 to 2017; the education expenditure equation was estimated using data on 104 countries from the period 1991 to 2018; and the military spending subset contains data on 103 countries also observed between 1991 and 2018. I found a statistically significant negative effect of debt relief on military expen- diture and a significant positive effect of debt relief on education spending. The latter was, however, sensitive to the choice of estimation method. The effect on health expenditure is unclear. 1

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