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Causes of poverty in African continent
Plný, Petr ; Pikhart, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Štípek, Vladimír (referee)
This work researchs whether the cause of poverty in Africa is lack of capital as it's claimed by the theory of the vicious circle of poverty or low rate of economic freedom. The validity of the theory of the vicious circle is a basic prerequisite for the provision of foreign aid. Its opponents claim it put exaggerated emphasis on the narrowly defined capital and it ignores other growth factors, especially the quality of institutions expressed by the rate of economic freedom. The results of a literature search of the vicious circle of poverty. The cumulative regression model panel data confirms the hypothesis about the statistical significance of the impact of changes in the rate of economic freedom the African country on its standard of living. The transformation of the model to models of individual effects but subsequently the hypothesis about statistical significance couldn't unequivocally confirm. Several regression models with cross-sectional data subsequently it accepts the hypothesis of African country with a higher rate of economic freedom it achieves a higher standard of living as well than countries with a lower rate of freedom.
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EFTA as the current alternative of the EU
Všolák, Zbyněk ; Vostrovská, Zdenka (advisor) ; Ševčíková, Michaela (referee)
In the context of continued institutional and economic crisis of the European Union, the new ways of international cooperation are sought. The thesis finds way out for European integration in an intergovernmental organization called European Free Trade Association. Based on a comparison of selected macroeconomic variables, economic freedom and governance structures, it shows that the organization is current viable alternative to the European Union. Research of the institutional structure confirms that the members of this association have better economic results in the long run, simultaneously they are maintaining national sovereignty and personal freedoms of its citizens.
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Latin American involvement in the world economy, depending on the political system
Hlavičková, Petra ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Procházková Ilinitchi, Cristina (referee)
Latin America is a region that has passed through dramatic development in economic and political areas. Individual economies are very different. Region mixes poverty in developing countries with strong market economies. The aim is to answer the question whether the differences in political systems in Latin America greatly influence their involvement in international trade, whether the difference is reflected in the volume of export or import of individual states. Based on detailed analysis - political, socio-economic and trade analysis, comparisons were compiled, from which crystallized strongest economies, exporters, but also economically freest states.
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Czech Republic after entering the European Union – international comparison
Fabík, Martin ; Nečadová, Marta (advisor) ; Džbánková, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the macroeconomic development of the Czech Republic after entering the European Union and on comparing chosen indicators with other European countries with special focus on the Visegrad Group. This paper is divided into two parts. The first part is aimed at the economic growth. The gross domestic product is analyzed here along with other alternative indicators like gross national income and real gross domestic income. The second part focuses on economic freedom. There are two organizations examining the latter. This part is aimed at the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index published by Fraser Institute.
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Význam institucionálního prostředí pro zemědělskou výrobu
Minárik, Pavol ; Šíma, Josef (advisor) ; Chalupníček, Pavel (referee)
The paper examines significance of institutional environment for agricultural production. It adds to the extensive research of agricultural production functions. First, it reviews relevant theory of institutional economics that explains how institutions contribute to productivity in general, especially if interpreted as economic freedom. Then, a model of agricultural production is presented, which explains aggregate agricultural production using various inputs, as well as variables representing institutional environment. Results concerning elasticities of material inputs (land, labor, capital) are consistent with previous research. The paper proves some significance of institutional variables. Finally, it suggests some directions for further research.
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The analysis of business obstruction of soletraders and small enterproseres
Krajča, Tomáš ; Lipka, David (advisor) ; Minárik, Pavol (referee)
The aim of the thesis is comparative analysis. I compare part of the index of economic freedom concerned business freedom and labour market, with public inquiry research of entrepreneurial costs connected with state regulation. I focus on the corruption theme and it's influence to the economic freedom. In the first part I describe basic researches of economic freedom. In the second and third part I attend to theory of labour market and business regulation. I describe situation of entrepreneurs in the Czech republic, their problems and expenses connected with state administrative and bureaucracy and also their troubles with employees hiring at labour market. The thesis come to conclusion about excessive corruption disutility, expenses of taxes and entry to business.
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