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Dopady finanční krize na konvergenci administrativních oblastí Itálie
Vetýšková, Nela
Vetýšková, N. Effects of the financial crisis on the convergence of administrative regions of Italy. Thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno, 2023. The diploma thesis examines the influence of the financial and economic crisis of 2008-2009 on the convergence of the Italian regions defined at the NUTS 2 level. Trends in the convergence of the regions are identified using beta analysis of cross-sectional and panel data and sigma analysis. The results show that in the period before the crisis (1995-2008) convergent forces prevailed, and after the crisis (2009-2018) the trend reversed, and the regions diverged. Cluster analysis for the years 2005 and 2012, confirmed the division of Italy into a more "advanced" north and a "backward" south. The development of individual regions over time is also described using important macroeconomic indicators, such as the gross domestic product, the level of education, the unemployment rate, the average monthly wage and the share of industry in the gross added value.
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Real Convergence of Economies
Sobotková, Kateřina ; Bartošová, Jitka (advisor)
The diploma thesis deals with the analysis of the convergence of the Czech Republic and selected countries of the former Eastern Bloc over a long time period (2004-2015) based on the macroeconomic indicator GDP. In the practical part, the data is first introduced and the Solow model is compiled for all countries. Development of GDP per capita over time is also graphically illustrated using basic indices. The main part of the diploma thesis is the implementation of convergence or divergence analysis using the concept of beta and sigma convergence and the convergence method in absolute and relative differences. Sigma convergence is based on standard deviations and variation coefficients. For both variants, the time period is divided into two parts causing different results.
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Real Convergence of Economies and their Disruption of Economic Crisis
Janeček, Michal ; Bartošová, Jitka (advisor)
The bachelor thesis examines the impact of the economic crisis on the real convergence of the Czech Republic and the other states of the Visegrad Group towards the states of the European Union. The beta and sigma convergence methods were used to determine whether real convergence was taking place. For these purposes, three models were created, all EU members without the excluded Ireland and Luxembourg due to their extreme values (EU-26), the Czech Republic and the original EU member (EU-13) and the Visegrad Group and EU-13. Each model was further divided into pre-crisis and post-crisis periods. In the pre-crisis period beta-convergence was demonstrated in the EU-26 group, V4 and EU-13 group and sigma-convergence was demonstrated in the EU-26 group. In all other cases, the result of the analysis was ambiguous. After the crisis, the results of the analyses in all groups were ambiguous.
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Dopad finančních prostředků EU na konvergenci příjmů: případ zemí střední Evropy
Kim, Joo Hyun ; Slaný, Martin (advisor) ; Chytilová, Helena (referee)
The aim of the paper is to examine the convergence hypothesis as well as whether EU funds positively influence income convergence. Four countries of Central European countries are chosen: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, to be compared to EU15 over the period of 1993 to 2015. The original hypothesis states that Poland should show the fastest speed of income convergence; Czech Republic should exhibit the lowest speed according to the convergence hypothesis. Moreover, it is assumed that EU funds have positive influences on income convergence. In order to test the hypothesis, beta convergence and sigma convergence are utilized by running regression models in STATA. The convergence hypothesis is correctly confirmed with the data from the regression models. Furthermore, it is proved that the EU funds brought positive impacts on income convergence based on changes in the income gap in the period of 1993 to 2015. So, EU funds have contributed to the process of income convergence between the four countries towards EU15.
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Real Economic Convergence of the Czech Republic and Germany
Kuc, Matěj ; Dědek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Luňáčková, Petra (referee)
Citizens of the Czech Republic do not view Germany solely as their biggest trade partner, but also as a benchmark of advanced economy in Western Europe. This is the status that the Czech Republic would like to achieve. Comparison with Germany is more relevant than with the average of the European Union. In this paper, I search for answers to frequently asked questions such as whether the Czech Republic is catching up to Germany's level or how long it would take to do so. In the theoretical part of the thesis, I explain the convergence theory using the neoclassical growth model. I focus on the determinants of economic growth as well as the steady state position. Next, I discuss the arguments brought forward by the critics of the neoclassical growth model. The pros and cons of distinct types of convergence are explained in this work, and results of some influential convergence analyses are mentioned. In the empirical part of my thesis, I estimate beta and sigma convergence of the gross domestic product among the regions of both countries between years 1995 and 2009. Cross-sectional and panel data models were used for the estimation of the convergence coefficient. The results of my analysis are then confronted with the theory.
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Mesuring of economic performance of regions
Pešl, Dmitrij ; Musil, Petr (advisor) ; Kahoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to cover the catching up with the economic level among the countries of middle and eastern Europe. More accurately it analyses GDP per capita and household income per capita as one of the key economic indicators. The thesis concretely focuses on analysis of beta and sigma convergence and cluster analysis of the mentioned regions and concurrently at the background of the analysis explains some theoretical terms from areas of economics, econometrics and statistics. The analysis was concluded in IBM SPSS programme which belongs to the most complex, user friendly and professionally often used expert tools. The data for the analysis were used from Eurostat.
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Vztah mezi globalizací a reálnou konvergencí: ovplyvňuje konvergence v globalizaci konvergenci reálného HDP na hlavu?
Rybanová, Soňa ; Klosová, Anna (advisor) ; Nin, Lin Lin (referee)
This dissertation poses the question of whether there is a relationship between the speed of convergence of globalisation and the speed of convergence of GDP per capita. Firstly, the concepts of globalisation and real convergence and their relationship are thoroughly explained from both the theoretical and empirical point of view. And secondly, the answer to the question comes in the form of beta and sigma convergence analysis of this relationship. Thirdly, the analysis splits the countries into two groups (developed and developing countries) and finds interesting but ambiguous results in their comparison. Finally, in order to correctly interpret the results of absolute and conditional beta and sigma convergence, their theoretical and empirical overview is discussed in depth. The dissertation concludes by providing some answers to the initial question for every particular analysis. Namely, it shows that this relationship is indeed very ambiguous.
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Real Convergence of Economies and their Disruption of Economic Crisis
Stratilová, Andrea ; Bartošová, Jitka (advisor) ; Bína, Vladislav (referee)
This thesis analyzes the process of real convergence of the Czech Republic and the selected new European Union members towards the EU-27. The convergence was measured by the copmparison of real GDP per capita in Purchasing Parity Standard units in each country. The real convergence was tested through the concepts of beta convergence and sigma convergence. The analysis proved the real convergence of the Czech Republic and other EU countries towards the EU. That means the Czech Republic's economy level grows and comes nearer to the EU-27 average. It also proved that the convergence process was disrupted by the global economic crisis. The crisis negatively influenced the growth of real GDP per capita at all EU countries and made it slower after 2007.
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