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How non-price factors affect the attendance of the Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové?
Lukas, Jan ; Rotschedl, Jiří (advisor) ; Chytil, Zdeněk (referee)
This thesis analyses non-price factors influencing the attendance of the Museum of Eastern Bohemia in Hradec Králové. On the basis of daily data, from 05/2011 to 05/2013, using average daily temperature, total daily precipitation, marketing, work and school holidays and individual months, three models were construed -- a model of total attendance, attendance of adults and attendance of children and students. Research has proven expected negative influence of temperature through all three models. Furthermore, there was a strong positive influence of school and work holidays. The results have also shown almost 50% increase of student attendance during holidays. Similarly, attendance of adults increases even more during non-working days. Marketing was studied in different ways but its statistically relevant influence has been proved only in the groups of children and students. Their attendance increases by quarter during campaigns.
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Econometric Analysis of the Main Determinants of Austrian Foreign Trade
Davidová, Lucie ; Sedláček, Jiří (advisor) ; Chrobok, Viktor (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the main determinants of Austrian imports by estimating the import function. The analysis of the data from 1995--2011 implies great openness of the economy, strong orientation at machinery industry, Germany (40 %) and other EU-countries (other 35 %). I have employed a linear log-log model estimated by OLS. Consequently, I have obtained a triple of estimated import functions -- a general one, one for year 2011 in particular, and the last one for the top ten Austrian importers. There is a significant positive impact of partner's GDP (0.81--1.42), common language (1.1--2.3) and contiguity (0.4--2.7). On contrary, we observe an inverse relationship of imports with distance (0.9--1.1) and trade barriers (0.3--0.8). Considering similarities between Austrian and Czech economies, we can deduct similar implications for economic and trade policies.
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Analýza determinant návštěvnosti hradu Kost
Bezoušková, Sandra ; Stroukal, Dominik (advisor) ; Svoboda, Miroslav (referee)
This thesis analyses and estimates the visitor rate determinants of the Castle Kost using econometric analysis. Based on the daily data from years 2007 - 2011 it concludes that the visitor rate is influenced by rainfall, temperature, petrol price, weekends and holidays, and by marketing events held in place. Next, the thesis concentrates on marketing events analysis, where it concludes that marketing events do not have to be profitable as it may seem at the first sight.
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Economics of prohibition: An example of the Czech Republic in 2012
Bartoš, Jakub ; Stroukal, Dominik (advisor) ; Babin, Jan (referee)
This paper presents an example of economics of prohibition in Liberec region in 2012. First, a model is built for consumption of beer in restaurants and for sale of beer in the supermarket as well. Using econometric analysis is shown that there decreased consumption of beer in restaurants and on the other hand, there increased sales of beer in supermarket during period of prohibition. Consumption and sale of beer is influenced days of the week, when the highest consumption is on Friday and on Saturday in the restaurants and sales of beer on Saturday in the supermarket. There decreased amount of crimes under the influence of alcohol during the period of alcohol prohibition and on the other hand increased amount of crimes under the influence of toxic substances compared to the same period in the previous year.
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Attendance analysis of football club FK Pelhřimov
Pavouková, Adéla ; Marešová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Brožová, Dagmar (referee)
In this work I investigated the influence of selected explanatory variables on attendance of the football club FK Pelhřimov during seasons 2001/02 -- 2010/11. Obtained data were subjected to econometric analysis and linear regression model revealed factors, which most influence the attendance. Key factors include regional rivalry, derby matches attract about 70 % more spectators. Other important factors include match day, ticket price and position in the competition. Positive relationship was found between attendance and ticket price. Influence of other variables (number of goals, number of wins, competition, opening match, temperature, rain and field) wasn't found important or the relationship was small.
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Modelling and forecasting inflation
Nguyen, Tran Anh Tuan ; Hušek, Roman (advisor) ; Formánek, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of the thesis is an analysis of inflation in the Czech Republic in the period 2004 - 2011, using econometric models. This work is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes the definition of inflation, its forms, ways of measuring inflation, positive and negative effects of inflation, causes of inflation and inflation targeting. Subsequently described the historical development of a simple Phillips curve and other modifications. The practical part contains the empirical analysis of inflation in the CR using the models described in the theoretical part, with the help of other alternative forms of the Phillips curve. At the end of their work are selected models to predict inflation. The thesis is the implementation of all the calculations in MS Excel and SAS statistical software program.
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Does the economic growth weaken and kill us?
Ságner, Petr ; Houdek, Petr (advisor) ; Potužák, Pavel (referee)
The thesis analyzes the impact of the business cycle (represented by unemployment rate) on health (represented by mortality rates). Regression analysis has been done on panel data for 20 European countries from 2000 to 2007. Using fixed effects method with inclusion of robust errors, confirms a statistically significant effect of business cycle on 3 specific mortality rates. I reveal, that increase in growth rate of unemployment by 1% point is associated with 1,4% decrease in growth rate of mortality due to liver disease, 1,4 decrease in growth rate of mortality due to traffic accident and 1,7 increase in growth rate of mortality due to suicide. This confirms the hypothesis about the short-term positive impact of economic downturn on human health, with suicide as an important exception.
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Information and Communication Technologies in the Czech Republic
Honsa, Viktor ; Mičúch, Marek (advisor) ; Kovanda, Lukáš (referee)
Development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has recently increasing importance. ICT has therefore become one of the effective tools in process of optimization and increase of competitiveness on the market. As a result of this trend, there are already some studies, having ambitions to explicitly formulate their importance. The application of ICT in the Czech Republic is similar, but there are not many studies with such ambitions. This thesis analyzes (i) the relations between, the use of ICT, total factor productivity and growth of gross added value in the Czech Republic in 1997-2007 based on growth accounting and (ii) based on econometric analysis of panel data for the Czech Republic, also estimates the importance of selected determinants influencing adoption of ICT. The output of the thesis consists of (i) determining the contribution of each input and discussion of possible synergies of ICT capital deepening and total factor productivity and (ii) specification of variables that are, based on the formulated model, shown to be statistically significant and they may affect the adoption of ICT.
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Getting cardiovascular diseases by owing car?
Sojka, Jan ; Houdek, Petr (advisor) ; Brožová, Dagmar (referee)
The thesis analyzes the relationship between the growth of automobilism and cardiovascular mortality using data from the 18 European countries from 1997-2003. It describes basic factors of prevalence cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and econometric analysis which was made by using Arellano-Bond model. The analysis confirms positive relationship between the amount of pasager-kilometres and cardiovascular mortality. Further it confirms negative relationship between the dependent variable CVD mortality and amount of bypasses, the GDP growth, education and coffee consumption. Among the explanatory variables marriage, smoking and dependent variable was found the positive relationship. Reverse causality was discussed consequently after using The Granger causality tests. The estimated results were used to discuss the recommendation for government policy.
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