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Analysis of the academic procrastination among students of VŠE and 1. LF UK
Pavlovová, Adéla ; Chytilová, Helena (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
This paper is aimed at establishing the prevalence of academic procrastination among students of the University of Economics in Prague and the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University. This study brings a comparative study of procrastination of two different branches of science in the Czech Republic. It focuses on determining the extent of difference in procrastination between these two groups of students and whether there is a correlation between the achieved degree average and the level of procrastination. Procrastination scale for students (Lay, 1986) was used to determine the extent of procrastination. The 81,1% rate of academic procrastination was observed in the examined sample (N=244). Hypothesis about a significant difference between the levels of procrastination among two groups of students was confirmed at 10% significance level. Hypothesis on the correlation between the grade average and the level of procrastination was confirmed.
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Nachází se Polsko v ohrožení middle-income trap?
Bedrichová, Táňa ; Potužák, Pavel (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
The term middle-income trap refers to the phenomenon when country get stuck at certain level of income per capita, and surpassing to higher level seems difficult or is even impossible. Economy does not have advantage of poor economies - lower wages, neither the advantages of rich economies -- best technologies. The theme of the middle-income trap attracted lot of attention in recent years, especially after publishing the paper of Eichengreen, Shin, and Park When Fast Growing Economies Slow Down (2011). Eichengreen et al. conclude that there is more than only depletion of total factor productivity behind the middle-income trap. Human capital, production of high-technology intensive goods and share of Hi-Tech goods in the export play its role. This thesis, using regression model and data analysis, discuss the case of Poland and concludes that Poland is still an efficiency-driven economy and therefore the danger of falling into middle-income trap is still present. Main weakness of the economy is lack of human capital and innovation. JEL klasifikace: E01, E02, E19, F63
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Analysis of environmental investments in Moravia-Silesian region in period 2012-2015
Štěpán, Jaroslav ; Macháč, Jan (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
Moravian-Silesian region belongs in long term to areas with high level of air pollution. Since the government support to deal with this problem, significant amount of environmental investments are there allocated. Their influence on economy of the region is crucial to evaluate. Goal of thesis is to confirmate a hypothesis about zero change of multiplication effect from chosen environmental investments on net profit and net taxes. Regional static Input-Output model, which had been extended by household consuption, was developed for purpose of evaluation.The model results in positive net profit multiplication worth 8,24 % and net taxes worth 5,82 % of the whole value of investments in all examined periods. According to performed calculation the initial hypothesis is disproved and on the basis of multiplication effects the environmental investments can be subsidized not only by subjective reasons (reduction of air polution) but also by objective economic arguments.
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How much are we afraid of losing? Analysis of risk aversion.
Vokounová, Tereza ; Dlouhá, Zuzana (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
The whole thesis is focused on exploring how individuals make decisions under conditions of risk and uncertainty. The first section describes several economic theories, regarding explanation of human actions. The study points to the fact that the method of maximization expected utility cannot explain some examples of human decisions (eg. Allais paradoxes or the four-fold pattern) and to explain these effects, it is preferable to use prospect theory or cumulative prospect theory. In the second section, also based on results from the survey, I investigate the actual risk aversion in different situations (willingness to take risk in general, car driving, financial matters, sport and leisure, career and health) based on various factors. Statistically significant factor in all situations is gender when women show greater risk aversion in comparison to men. Age is a significant factor only in the willingness to take risk in general and in car driving. While in the willingness to take risks in general is a positive relationship between age and risk aversion, in car driving the relation is exactly the opposite. Level of education influences risk aversion in three situations - at risk in general (risk aversion increases with higher education), sport (risk aversion increases with higher education) and health issues (risk aversion decreases with higher education). In the health issues are people studying or working in the construction industry more risk-averse compared to people studying or working in the field of economics/finance. In car driving are individuals studying or working in the field of law more risk-averse than students or workers in the field of economics/finance. Another important factor is whether a person is working in public or private sector. In car driving, financial matters, career and health are people working in public sector more risk-averse compared to students and to people working in the private sector. Willingness to take risk in general is influenced by average monthly income - with a rising average monthly income is also growing willingness to take risks (decreasing risk aversion). Willingness to take risk in general, financial matters and career is higher for people who invest. Sportsmen/women are generally more willing to take risk in car driving, sport and career. Entrepreneurs are more willing to risk in career.
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Pacific Alliance as Counterpart to Mercosur – Underestimated Markets of Latin America for Czech Business
Skřička, Vojtěch ; Čermáková, Klára (advisor) ; Kovanda, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis focuses on two integration blocks in Latin America -- the Pacific Alliance and MERCOSUR. The analysis should confirm the hypothesis that the integrated countries converge faster than non-integrated. With use of beta-convergence and sigma-convergence approaches, this hypothesis was rejected for the two Latin American integration groups. It is also supposed that market-led policies should diverge from the protectionist countries in terms of per capita income. However, this hypothesis was not neither confirmed, nor rejected for the observed region and time period. The income growth analysis showed that the Pacific Alliance countries are less dependent on their initial incomes than MERCOSUR members. However, the macroeconomic data exhibit multicollinearity, autocorrelation and unit root generated process. The explanatory coefficients likely lose their statistical significance, when this is controlled for. Therefore, the lower growth dependence in the Pacific Alliance integration on initial income cannot be fully confirmed.
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How quickly do resolutions subside? Case of the fitness attendance after the New Year's Eve
Adamcová, Barbora ; Rotschedl, Jiří (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
Aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of New Year's resolutions on the gym attendance and period, during which people abandon their set resolution. Analysis was performed by ordinary least squares method using data obtained from Hamr -- Sport, a.s. and it proved a positive effect of the resolutions on the attendance of the fitness center situated in Záběhlice compound. The thesis also analyzes influence of the weather, precipitation, days of week and moths of the year on the level of attendance. According to the results of the econometric model estimation, New Year's resolutions last on average for three months. In order to verify this period a robustness test was conducted, which confirmed the result. In a questionnaire survey respondents most frequently reported, that they managed to follow their latest resolution for three months (40 %). The questionnaire also revealed that people seem to leave their long term plans most often due to their own laziness and lack of willpower, but most of them do not use any motivational tools to solve the problem of self-control (or they just rely on their will and abilities).
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Luxury economics: Is conspicuous consumption important factor for buying consumer electronics among students of VŠE?
Staněk, František ; Rod, Aleš (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to find out whether social status is an important factor for buying consumer electronics (laptops and mobile phones to be specific) and if consumer electronics is therefore affected by conspicuous consumption. Main conclusions of this thesis were achieved by statistical and regression analysis of data acquired from a survey among 290 students of University of Economics. I found out that there are big differences among how different brands of consumer electronics are perceived from social status and it's signaling value point of view. I also found out that there is strong dependency between price of products of a given brand and it's social status signaling value. I also found out that there is not strong connection between price of a mobile phone or laptop and it's functionality, therefore functionality doesn't have strong influence on consumer choices considering buying these products.
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The analysis of impacts of the foreign exchange intervention making by CNB on the company CGI
Macháček, Marek ; Rotschedl, Jiří (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to determine the impact of the foreign exchange intervention, which was conducted in November 2013, based on analysis of production and profit function. From the results of each analysis I can accept the hypothesis about the negative impact of the foreign exchange intervention on the company CGI. Analysis of the production function shows that if the firm is profit maximalist, it would have reduced number of employees by approximately by 30 % after the intervention. The negative impact of the intervention was also confirmed by the higher gain on the real profit function when there is changing the prices of inputs and outputs in terms of no intervention. In an analysis of a hypothetical profit function assuming a fixed variable, the hypothesis was not confirmed and contrary the higher company profit was reached after the intervention. The work also brings an interesting and valuable finding, how many employees should the company hire and what is the optimal size of the product to maximize its profit.
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Potential of Bitcoin from the view of Austrian school
Šembera, Tomáš ; Potužák, Pavel (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with potential of digital currency Bitcoin to become universally accepted medium of exchange and with advantages, which its usage would bring to economy. In the thesis there are analysed factors important for its future progression. There are identified both positive and negative factors. Among the positive ones there is pseudonymity, low transaction costs, protection against government actions and inovative potential in the field of financial services. Among the negative ones there is the question of the system security, network effect, the risk of government against Bitcoin itself and high volatility. Volatility of bitcoin valu is identified as the major disadvantage of the currency. Next part of theoretical part deals with the confusion about virtual currencies and regression theorem. Logical analysis suggests that this confusion is caused by wrong interpretation of regression theorem, which is mostly caused by improper understanding of the term direct use. In the next part, Bitcoin is analysed from the view of the Austrian business cycle theory. Because of the inability of performing credit expansion, Bitcoin is identified as currency significantly limiting the strenght of business cycles. Practical part analysis the developement of volatility in time and its dependence on events and spekulative demand. The hypothesis, that high volatility of bitcoin value is caused by immaturity of the technology is not confirmed.
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An analysis of the determinants of suicide rates in OECD countries
Hainz, Filip ; Kovanda, Lukáš (advisor) ; Čermáková, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes the impact of selected socioeconomic factors on suicide rates among 32 OECD countries between years 2005-2010. Based on analysis by fixed and random effects method, the thesis confirms 2 stated hypothesis, which are: 1. Suicide rate is negatively correlated with GDP per capita, 2. Suicide rate is positively correlated with unemployment. Analysis implies that increase of GDP per capita leads to decrease in suicide rate by approximately 0,3 %. To the contrary, increase of unemployment by 1 percentage point leads to increase in suicide rate by about 1 %. Other identified significant factors are: alcohol consumption per capita and average hours worked in employment which positively, respectively negatively correlate with suicide rate. Findings mentioned above are consistent with sociological hypothesis stated by Henry and Short and economical hypothesis stated by Hamermesh and Soss.
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