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Inter-industry wage differentials in the Czech republic
Jelínková, Kateřina ; Sojka, Milan (advisor) ; Kameníček, Jiří (referee)
The thesis deals with the inter-industry wage differentials in the Czech Republic. Inter-industry wage differentials are one of the very important topics of the discussion on marginal productivity theory that has not yet been explored for the Czech Republic. Taking advantage of the individual employer- employee matched data this thesis tests the applicability of unobserved characteristics theory for the Czech labor market. Based on the test on workers of low qualification the paper rejects the hypothesis of the great importance of unobserved characteristics for the determination of wage. The comparison of the Czech industry wage premia with the international standards and also the analysis of industries with high wage premia, namely with high profitability, enables the description of the Czech labor market with the use of the fair wage theory of George Akerlof and the theory of rent-sharing. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Rationality of Human Action and Preferences
Horák, Vít ; Sojka, Milan (advisor) ; Mlčoch, Lubomír (referee)
The thesis criticizes the subjectivist-teleological principals of economics. Economics intended to work with the individual preferences without normative, or any other, bias. The neutrality is, however, distorted by deep assumption of the economic thought - the a priori causality between the preferences and action. The teleological perspective as it was introduced by Karel Engliš was sharply delimitated with respect to causality. Neoclassical and Austrian school, however, do mix causality and finality in their conceptions of action and preferences. My thesis strives to describe this mistake. It is also possible to formulate the theme of the thesis as criticism of the assumption of certain a priori rationality of human action. I try to clear up the notion of rationality, show the possibilities of its meaning and point out at the radicalism of any assumed causality it may encompass. I use the critical conclusions to outline a preference framework that would not repeat the identified mistakes, which would, however, set out from the subjectivist-teleological perspective as well.
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The Jewish business activities in the Czech Republic
Šiková, Dominika ; Půlpán, Karel (advisor) ; Sojka, Milan (referee)
This thesis focuses on the special chapter of Czech economic history - the Jewish business activities. Its goal is to point out the importance, which Jewry has given to the economics in Czech countries. The first chapter focuses on the industrial revolution, when the great success in industry and business had occurred; the second one describes progress of the industries and points out the role of Jewish companies and financial institutions. The next chapter is devoted to Petschek, Gutmann and Rothschild families, which had influenced economic and political life in Czech Republic. The last chapter bears the interestingness about lives and enterprise of the most widely known businessmen and their companies, still famous, which make the Czech Republic well-known abroad. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The Russian Federation in 1998-2005
Petchenko, Rostyslav ; Půlpán, Karel (advisor) ; Sojka, Milan (referee)
This thesis studies the process of transformation in Russia since 1998, when the Russian financial crisis emerged. It revealed weaknesses of the Russian economy and influenced the economic and political situation. Its occurrence was not an accident and had had its roots in the previous years. In this connection I introduce a short characterization of the period before the crisis. The first chapter contains the analysis of assumptions of the crisis and factors that induced it. The second chapter describes Putin's coming, his targets, changes in the political system and Russian economic trends of that period. In the third chapter I will look into the position of the state in the world economy, define briefly its relations with different international and regional organizations, eventually participation in them. Then I will interrogate the relationship between the Russian Federation and the European Union. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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State intervention in banking in Czechoslovakia 1918-1938
Charamza, Petr ; Půlpán, Karel (advisor) ; Sojka, Milan (referee)
This bachelor thesis tries to define the progress of state's interventions in banking system in Czechoslovakia during 1918-1938. In this time period we can find a growth of state impact against commercial banking. The adoption of banking laws in 1924 and 1932 brought the biggest changes in state's interventions in banking system. The state intervened in revision of banks, also in process of founding new banks. Control activities were delegated to professional institutions, which were founded in 1930s. These activities were discontinued by Second World War. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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On the nature of the divergent economic outcomes during the post-Socialist transition
Skorokhodova, Irina ; Cahlík, Tomáš (advisor) ; Sojka, Milan (referee)
The focus of this thesis is to introduce the reader with the recent developments in the countries in transition from the centrally-planned economy towards a "healthy" democratic system with free market relations. The main aim is to analyze the divergence of paths the countries have experienced in the course of transition, particularly, the rapid recession and a following recovery, since it is critical for any country already experiencing the transition (from any system "A" towards any system "B") or just preparing itself for the process. The comparative analysis in the form of case-by-case and point-by-point methods dominates in the research. The work tries to answer two basic questions: "Why had the post-Socialist countries in transition face a serious output decrease and, generally, an economic recession?" and "Why the developments were divergent throughout the region?" The existence of output recession is proved with the help of several economic indicators, such as evolution of GDP, inflation rate, registered unemployment rate, Human Development Index, composition of GDP by sector, but also G1NI coefficient and poverty ratio, etc. Initial conditions index, Transition progress indicator, Liberalization index, Index of institutional quality, etc. support the second part of the thesis. In search for reasons...
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From Lira to the Single Currency: the Euro's transitional costs and its unexpected side effects. The Italian case.
Dragonetti, Massimiliano ; Cahlík, Tomáš (advisor) ; Sojka, Milan (referee)
T hroughout this thesis I tried to show the numerous aspects of the introduction of the single currency and its impact on Italian society. We started by considering the pre-changeover phase, pointing out the genuine enthusiasm and trust in future perspectives of the Euro as an innovative tool able to contribute in building a more and more unified Europe, that was pretty widespread among Italians. Unfortunately, after this initial positive attitude, the successive four years have been characterized by an increasing mistrust and discomfort. This happened because of the combination of several relevant factors: psychological, political and partially also economic. We analyzed that the Italian population has faced an unexpected amount of psychological difficulties in dealing with the single currency; to clarify the wide range of different attitudes it has been useful approaching this theme following various levels of analysis, as shown in the first three chapters. The considerations built up on these areas of interest have been developed according to my personal re-elaboration of information and data collected by the official survey department of the European Commission, and the so- called Euro Barometer, that during the last four years has carried out a remarkable monitoring work to studying and understanding...
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Zoom basic principles of Feng-Shui for pupils in primary schools and kindergartens Zdíkov and their application in a practical project
SOJKA, Milan
This thesis aims to apply the basic principles of feng shui to the creative work of the pupils in art education on the first and second grade of primary schools and kindergartens in Zvíkov. The first chapter explains the concept of feng shui and it?s history. In following there are explained the basic concepts of feng shui methods, their principles and definitions in relation to the energy of matter and space. The second chapter is devoted to the practical part of the project. This chapter specifies these basic creative principles in detail, their importance and general description of the project. There is mentioned a determination of competencies and skills that student receives in art. The application of creative principles of feng shui in art education has been implemented by a random sample of the pupils. . There is also mentioned an educational history of the schools in Zvíkov and a description of the school in which the project has been established.
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