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Willingness to pay for mobile internet in the Czech Republic
Doskočilová, Kateřina ; Polák, Petr (advisor) ; Luňáčková, Petra (referee)
Willingness to pay for mobile internet in the Czech Republic Abstract The main focus of this thesis is to examine consumers' willingness to pay for mobile internet in the Czech Republic. The data for the estimation were collected via a self-developed online questionnaire. Using the logit model, the factors, which significantly influences the WTP, were identified. These include: the ownership of a smartphone, perceived importance of availability of the internet connection, having a monthly mobile tariff and the way of using mobile applications. Additionally, the price, that the consumers' would be willing to pay for their ideal tariff, is examined and it is shown, that the level of education has a significant negative effect on this price.
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Forecasting Election Results in the Czech Republic
Doskočilová, Kateřina ; Havránek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Čech, František (referee)
Forecasting Election Results in the Czech Republic Kateřina Doskočilová In this thesis, a forecasting model for the 2017 legislative election in the Czech Republic is built. As the Czech Republic has a multi-party system, the outcomes of the model are the expected vote shares for each party. There are two types of forecasts calculated. Firstly, a poll-based forecast using a dynamic linear model and Kalman filter to weigh the information in the polls. Secondly, the prices on betting markets are translated into probabilistic forecasts for the expected vote shares. This is a novel approach as prediction markets were previously used to forecasts only the probabilities of winning an election. Finally, the two types of forecasts are combined into one and weighed by their variance. Comparing the forecasts, we conclude that the betting market is able to predict the exact vote shares the most accurately right before the election.
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Willingness to pay for mobile internet in the Czech Republic
Doskočilová, Kateřina ; Polák, Petr (advisor) ; Luňáčková, Petra (referee)
Willingness to pay for mobile internet in the Czech Republic Abstract The main focus of this thesis is to examine consumers' willingness to pay for mobile internet in the Czech Republic. The data for the estimation were collected via a self-developed online questionnaire. Using the logit model, the factors, which significantly influences the WTP, were identified. These include: the ownership of a smartphone, perceived importance of availability of the internet connection, having a monthly mobile tariff and the way of using mobile applications. Additionally, the price, that the consumers' would be willing to pay for their ideal tariff, is examined and it is shown, that the level of education has a significant negative effect on this price.
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Concepts of Space in George Eliot's Novels (Daniel Deronda)
DOSKOČILOVÁ, Kateřina
The aim of this diploma thesis is to introduce Victorian authoresses of the second half of the 19th century and concept of fictional novelistic spaces. Firstly, the thesis will shortly present the main authoresses of the Victorian novels in the social context of the 19th century (the Brontë sisters, George Eliot). Secondly, it will focus on the analysis of the last of George Eliot's novels, 'Daniel Deronda' (comparing it with her earlier novel 'The Mill on the Floss') with the emphasis on the changes of the concept of space in the novel, in which the Jewish theme dominates, and it will also describe searching for the roots and traditions in the personal life of the hero. Finally, the thesis will aim at European context of the concepts of novelistic spaces and it will evaluate the importance of the last novel written by George Eliot.
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French repertoary at the South Bohemia Theatre (1945 - 2003)
DOSKOČILOVÁ, Kateřina
As a lead-up this dissertation briefly describes the history of the Southbohemian Theatre. The main subject of this work is the French theatre repertory in the time period between 1945 and 2003. The work is aimed to assess the repertory especially from the point of genre structure (comedy, drama, tragedy), the proportion of French, Czech and other national literature plays and last but not least it considers reactions of critics in respect to the mentioned French plays. Part of the work is also a list of Southbohemian Theatre premiers in years 1945 - 2003 and a list of premiers of French authors.
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