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The Zivnstenska banka and Monetary reform. Contribution to the Theory of Interest Groups in era of the first republic.
Šoral, Dalibor ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
In master thesis I have analyzed in detail the behavior of representatives of Živnostenská banka before and during entire process of Rasin's Monetary Reform (1919). I tried to prove that the bank representatives were closely linked with the political representation and thus were able to act as lobbying group that could pursue their specific interests. In some respects even substituted the role of the state, because of necessary knowledge of national economic and political influence. I have assessed whether corrupt practices were used. As of the described facts, I would draw conclusions to confirm my initial assumptions. To enforce its interests, bank used paradigm of economic nationalism. As a methodological framework I have used the theory of public choice.
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Second housing and underground ekonomy in comunist Czechoslovakia
Lukešová, Valentina ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
The final thesis covers a situation of a second housing in Czech Republic. It analyzes an origin and a development of this phenomenon during 20th century. Thesis is focused on the second half of 20th century especially, emphasizes the variety of motivations for having the hobby of second housing and also discusses the issues with constructions or reconstructions of cottages and chalets. Particularly, insufficiencies of building materials and lack of craft services that are closely related to underground economy, which is also discussed here.
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The influence of the Baťa company on the trade business in the footwear industry in the interwar Czechoslovakia
Němčická, Irena ; Chalupecký, Petr (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the influence of the Baťa company on the trade business in the footwear industry in the interwar Czechoslovakia. The hypothesis, that development and expansion of the Baťa company almost eliminated the business owners in this industry, was partly confirmed. It has been found that among other factors, due to which there was disposal of shoemaking craft, it is because of the technological advance, the war and the unfavorable situation after the war, the Great depression, legislation, tax incentives and others. The thesis explorers how the pace of trade developed in the years 1921 -- 1928, while comparing the shoemaking, tailor, leather and other trades that were not connected with the Baťa company. It has been also discovered that with the greatest pace fell just the shoemakers and tanners trade around 40%, while the number of other trades increased.
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The role of the central bank during the transition in Czechoslovakia and the Czech republic and impact of its activities on economy
Bělíková, Lucie ; Chalupecký, Petr (advisor) ; Johnson, Zdenka (referee)
The thesis analyzes the development of macroeconomic indicators and central bank monetary instruments. The introduction briefly describe the development of the economy of the socialist countries till 1989, the changes related with transition and transition itself. The main section is an analysis of the causes and nature of the economic recession and the causes of the banking crisis in the late 90s in the Czech Republic. I partially confirmed the hypothesis that in the case of the CNB was not made the right decisions on banking supervision and monetary policy of the central bank. The main causes of the economic downturn is considered too restrictive monetary policy of the central bank and insufficient flexibility of offer to domestic demand. Unlikely the crisis of the banking sector was caused due to lack of control of the Bank in the implementation of financial liberalization.
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Influence of Currency Reform on Czechoslovak Economy in the Fifties of the 20th Century
Slanař, Jan ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
Currency reform performed at june 1953 represented important landmark in economic and social development of Czechoslovak republic. In this thesis is elaborated developement of these areas especially by form of comparison and description, whose goal is to point out to changing development of mentioned areas in the course of the fifties. The thesis is divided into three main chapters, that solve the issue chronologically starting on year 1948 to the performance of the reform, thereafter the reform itself is solved and subseqvently developement is elaborated from 1953 to the end of the decade. Result shows hard impact of the reform on inhabitants and simultaneously remediation of economy, that enabled higher growth of standard of living conditioned by realization of less ideologically radical approaches in developement of economy.
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Bill Clinton's Fiscal Policy - Success or Coincidence?
Bednář, Milan ; Tajovský, Ladislav (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with fiscal policy in the United States during the time of President Bill Clinton, particularly with budget surpluses which occurred by the turn of the 21st century. Public finances reached the surplus after 30 long years and from this perspective it represented an extraordinary event which is still discussed. I investigated following hypothesis: "Is Bill Clinton largely responsible for the budget surpluses?", because he is often credited for them, especially among the general public. I analyzed major economic factors, especially information technology, which probably affected economic as well as fiscal situation. I subsequently confronted the findings with the evolving structure of revenues and expenditures. I conclude that mostly exogenous circumstances helped reach the surpluses, the economy benefited from a large number of effects. Bill Clinton, in fact, could not significantly influence many of them.
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Creative destruction in Czech economy
Vobořil, Lukáš ; Johnson, Zdenka (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
By using statistical methods and methods of macroeconomic analysis it has been proved that Schumpeter's theory of the creative destruction works not only as a theoretical model but it holds true even in real economics. With these methods it has been proved that during the currency and economic crisis in the 1997 and following the creative destruction was present in Czech economy and that it has changed the economy to be more effective and more productive than it was before which has helped to reach steeper growth rate afterwards. This means that the crisis through the creative destruction in fact has improved a condition of the whole Czech economy. Such an improvement has been also proved by an international comparison with the economy of the Slovak republic where the creative destruction didn't act so much due to an absence of economic crisis.
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Economic Transition in Czechoslovakia and Poland
Burián, Jan ; Chalupecký, Petr (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
Work describes economic transition of two countries in Central Europe, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) and Poland after their communist governments were deposed in 1989 and states left centrally planned economy. Work analyses initial transition plans and execution of privatisations. Further it analyses and compares development of monetary policies, gross domestic product and unemployment in both countries. Based on information contained in this work it concludes that it is not possible to state that Poland have undertaken transition more succesfully than Czech Republic. Last part of work is dedicated to the processes of application to the European Union, that both countries have gone through between 1991 and 2004.
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Economic and political consequences of the Munich Agreement
Kropáčková, Nikola ; Chalupecký, Petr (advisor) ; Fabianková, Klára (referee)
The thesis deals with the topic of the Munich Agreement, which was signed in 1938 in Munich. The author focuses on how this agreement has influenced the subsequent development of Czechoslovakia. The work deals with the historical context which led to the signing of the agreement and the consequent transfer of Czech borderland to Germany. It deals with the political problems, as well as economic. It focuses mainly on the implications of the agreement from the perspective of changes in the structure of industry and the population after the secession of the Sudetenland. The work concludes that this was a key event in the history of the 20th century, which greatly influenced the economy of Czechoslovakia and its inhabitants.
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Czechoslovak- Cuban economic relations within the Comecon in the seventies of the 20th century
Havránek, Jiří ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
In connection with the gradual release of the Cuban communistic regime it comes to gradual canceling of barriers and blockades that some countries imposed on the Republic of Cuba. Thanks to the canceling of these barriers it comes to opening of a new market that has been in the past one of the great areas for the international trade of Czechoslovakia. The aim of this work is to analyze the statistic of foreign trade between Czechoslovakia and Cuba in the 70s of 20th century, especially than after the Republic of Cuba entered the CMEA. Specifically there are examined different commodities that have belonged to the most important trade goods in the given period. The method of examination is the analysis of import and export between Czechoslovakia and Cuba and comparison of these statistics with the summary statistics of Czechoslovakian foreign trade. The conclusion of this work summarizes the results of analysis of cooperation of the above mentioned countries and evaluates the impact of entering of Cuba into the CMEA.
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