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Social capital and development assistance
Štourač, František ; Chalupníček, Pavel (advisor) ; Kubelková, Karina (referee)
Objective of the first part is to find suitable definition of capital. For this reason is here made a brief summary of the history of economic thoughts about capital. Then is selected the proper definition according to previously defined requirements and criteria. Second part is based on the formerly founded definition of capital, which then helps to clarify the social capital definition. Moreover are in this following part analyzed main contributions to this topic. The final part focuses on the role of social capital in the development assistance. Here are described not only the results of the Official development assistance, but also some alternative approaches. At the end are proved by measuring and comparison the previously obtained theoretical outcomes. These are made on the case of sub-Saharan Africa countries.
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The effect of education and health investments on economic growth of the Czech Republic from 1995 to 2009
Charvátová, Kristýna ; Hudík, Marek (advisor) ; Brožová, Dagmar (referee)
This thesis focuses on exploring the influence of private and public expenditures on health and education on economic growth. In the first part a theoretical model based on the aggregate production function is described; on its basis in the second part an empirical analysis based on the data from the Czech Republic from 1995 to 2009 is made. After estimating the model using the least squares method it has been shown that public health expenditures and private expenditures on education positively affect economic growth and on the contrary, private expenditures on health and public spending on education negatively affect economic growth.
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Corruption and Economic Growth
Klepek, Cyril ; Běláčková, Vendula (advisor) ; Chalupníček, Pavel (referee)
The paper focuses on the issue of corruption and its affect on economic growth. In examining these effects, the study directs its attention at the European Union and is divided into two parts. In the empirical section, the results of a regressive analysis confirm the initial hypothesis of the negative effect of corruption on economic performance. The study then describes the effects of corruption on economic growth using direct and transmission mechanisms. The theoretical part of this study presents information on the problems of this phenomenon in terms of its identification and measurement. The study also considers the differing situations in European Union Member States and disproves the assumption that the EU is divided into the corrupt east and non-corrupt west. In view of the confirmation of the negative effect of corruption on GDP growth, the study presents possible solutions, which in particular call for the need for an effective and enforceable legal system.
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Do the developed countries invest more in education?
Dlabáčková, Dorota ; Urbánek, Václav (advisor) ; Kubík, Rudolf (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the concepts of human capital and investment in human capital in macroeconomic terms. In the first part, this concept is mapped by a few definitions. Then I describe the history, the emergence of the first ideas connected with human capital, main leaders and their key ideas. Investments in human capital, i.e. simply in education, is presented in the concretion. The resulting comparison is performed on the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) states. The analysis compares the investment in education and economic maturity of theindividual states. Investments in education are intended by expenditure (private and public) on education as a percentage of GDP. In the thesis, economic maturity is defined by several macroeconomic indicators, i.e. Gross Domestic Product levels(real GDP growth, GDP per capita), long-term unemployment and health care.
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Is Ch. Jones right? Can we observe discrepancy among investment rates and technological progress?
Kováč, Vladimír ; Bartoň, Petr (advisor) ; Chytil, Zdeněk (referee)
According to AK and R&D models, permanent rise in investment rates and the growing number or researchers should have permanent effects on growth rate. Charles Jones (1995a) used the lack of long-term movements in GDP and productivity growth to challenge the validity of these models. The aim of this paper is to empirically re-test these models of endogenous growth. The author follows the methods proposed by Ch. Jones (1995a) and extends the analysis for variables that could offset the movements in growth rates. The results show no support for the tested models.
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The Economic Development of USA at the Beginning of the New Millennium
Disman, Petr ; Neumann, Pavel (advisor) ; Honěk, Tomáš (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to describe an economic development of the United States of America at the beginning of the third millennium, on the basis of the key macroeconomic indicators. The thesis points out the most interesting moments of the economic development of the United States from 2000 to 2009 and interprets them. The main economic trends of the 1990s are presented as a practical introduction to the economic development of US in the most recent decade. The key part of the thesis examines the US economy growth between 2000 and 2009 using the detailed analysis of the development of eight selected macroeconomic indicators, such as GDP, Inflation Rate, Unemployment Rate, Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment, Gross Private Domestic Investment, Personal Consumption Expenditures, Balance of Trade in Goods and Services and Federal Deficit as a Percentage of GDP.
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The analysis of the economic growth in the Czech republic during 1993 - 2009
Horáčková, Libuše ; Czesaný, Slavoj (advisor) ; Halás, Vladimír (referee)
This diploma thesis is concerned with the analysis of economic growth in the Czech Republic since its origin in 1993 till 2009, aimed at the determination of strengths and weaknesses of the economic growth. According to the findings, the diploma thesis will afford several recommendations for the economic policy. The diploma thesis is divided into the theoretical and analytical part. The theory brings some economist's view of the economic growth questions. It mentions the transformation period of the Czechoslovakia centrally planned economy into the market economy. The analysis sets up the data in order to determine the Czech economic growth strengths and weaknesses with the help of demand, supply and resource analysis, the prognosis made by significant institutions and the international comparison for which the Slovak and European Union economics are used. At the end of the diploma thesis there are these findings used to conceive the economic policies arrangements.
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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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Economic effects of car scrapping subsidy
Sládeček, Dušan ; Svoboda, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bolcha, Peter (referee)
This bachelor thesis tries to examine real effects of vehicle car scrappage incentive on the Czech Republic using standard economic models, experience from the Slovak Republic and the University of Delaware study. This analysis results in the net welfare loss estimation amounting to 1 450 200 000 CZK at least. This thesis conclusions distort the idea of scrappage incentive scheme as a fiscally neutral impact on the state budget in long run as well.
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