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Impacts of global financial crisis on the Czech republic and selected EU countries
Vlčková, Marie ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Pluskalová, Eva (referee)
In this thesis I discuss the financial crisis affecting the whole world. The thesis is concerning the most advanced economic center like United States, European Union, Japan and China. A special attention belongs to the particular states of the European Union (Germany, Lithuania, Greece, Slovak Republic and of course Czech Republic). I tried to compare all the European Union by two macroeconomic variables, the first one is gross domestic product and the second one gross domestic product per capita measured by purchasing power parity. The conclusion is that the original membership's countries were far less affected by the crisis than countries that acceded in 2004 and 2007. In the case of gross domestic product the most negative impact had the crisis on Ireland, Finland and Luxembourg and at least were affected France, Portugal and Belgium. For new member states are most negative influenced the Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Slovakia and the least affected countries were Poland, Malta and Cyprus. The second variable shows us that the crisis was in case of new members most favorable for Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and the Czech Republic and vice versa worst for Bulgaria and Romania. In global the crisis hit at most Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and had the smallest impact on Greece, Cyprus, Netherlands and France. For individual countries from the European Union I tried to analyze the applications of government measures and personally, I inclined to think that the crisis is the curative process on one hand because crises lead to the cleaning the market from less productive and prosperous companies and creating space for new opportunities but on the other hand bring a lot of negative aspects, such as unemployment, decline in living standards and more.
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The Influence of Chinese Investments on Relations between ECOWAS and EU
Vargová, Soňa ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
This thesis is devoted to analyzing the impact of Chinese investments in the region of West Africa on relations between ECOWAS and European Union. The first chapter characterizes Community of West African States - geographically, demographically and especially in the area of macroeconomics. Following chapter focuses itself on relations of PRC and ECOWAS. Particular attention is paid to foreign direct investments, which is China realizing in the area. ECOWAS relations with the European Union and the changes that have occurred in recent years are described in the third chapter of the thesis. A separate section describes the Economic Partnership Agreements. The conclusion represents the analysis of changes in trade relations between ECOWAS and the EU.
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Economic Impact of Multilingualism in the EU
Petkevič, Daniel ; Cihelková, Eva (advisor) ; Bič, Josef (referee)
The objective of the thesis is to analyse the questions of multilingualism in the EU from a large range of aspects, in particular from the one associated with its economic impact. The thesis aims to find answers to the questions concerning the necessity or uselessness of a large number of the EU official languages, the impact of multilingualism on its competitiveness and the future of multilingualism in the EU. The first chapter introduces the context of multilingualism in the EU from the administrative, political, juridical, historical and philological points of view. It also shows the development of the EU multilingualism policy. The most important second chapter focuses on the economic aspects of multilingualism in the EU. It analyses the controversial case of the unified European patent and its translations, the ELAN study exploring the effects of insufficient foreign language skills in enterprise on European economy and lastly the report of the Business Forum on multilingualism considering the impact of language skills on business and employment in the EU. The third chapter depicts the main goals of the actual EU strategy for multilingualism in a broader, not only economic context. The fourth chapter is a practical study prepared by the author which presents opinions of 25 Czech specialists working with EU languages of the questions considered in the first three chapters. The thesis confirms the necessity of retaining the actual number of EU official langages, mainly for political reasons. It also points out the economic potential involved in the foreign languages which would -- under certain circumstances -- strenghten the competitiveness of the EU. In the future the multilingualism is expected to be retained and even more encouraged by the EU institutions, member states and by the private sector with the objective of a better utilization of its potential.
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The economy of the Federal Republic of Germany: its development, position and influence on the European economy
Marek, Martin ; Neumann, Pavel (advisor) ; Pluskalová, Eva (referee)
The objective of the thesis is to analyse the German economy: its forming, conception and development. Based on the analysis the thesis explains causes of economic success, which implicates the position of Germany among other European states and its influence on the European economy. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter concentrates on historical and economic development in the second half of the twentieth century. The second chapter deals with current economic situation: the process of unification of Germany, the situation before the economic crisis and the impacts of the crisis. It analyses the effectiveness of measures against the crisis as well. The third chapter characterizes the role of Germany in the European union and its institutions and it also describes foreign trade relations between Germany and other European countries.
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Analysis of ready state of the Czech Republic to adopt single European currency
Baštová, Lucie ; Čajka, Radek (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
The Bachelor's theses "Analysis of ready state of the Czech Republic to adopt single European currency" is dedicated to the Czech Republic's accession to the euro area. In its first chapter, the reader will become familiar with the commitment of the Czech Republic to adopt single European currency which is legally embedded in the Maastricht Treaty. The next part is focused on the fulfilment of the nominal convergence criteria by the Czech Republic. The third chapter analyzes the readiness of the Czech Republic for euro area accession through an evaluation of the cyclic and structural alignment with the euro area. This chapter also describes mechanisms whereupon the Czech Republic would be able to adapt to the euro area countries in the event of the occurrence of asymmetric shocks. The last chapter refers to a strategy that has been created for the purpose of euro adoption in the Czech Republic, to the benefits and risks which can result from this step and to the institutional provision for the single European currency changeover. In conclusion, the attitude of experts on the readiness of the Czech Republic for the euro adoption is summarized and on the possible prospects for accession to euro area.
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EU-US Trade Relations
Dufková, Gabriela ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Zamykalová, Miroslava (referee)
The bachelor thesis "EU-US Trade Relations" aims to analyse the bilateral trade of these states, evaluate its development from the beginning of the 21st century until today and to compare the situation before and after the historic recession. In the first chapter, the author focuses on their integration into the world trading environment and on their trade policy. In the second part, she analyses the bilateral trade -- she comments on the legal basis of their relations and the development of their balance of trade. Furthermore, she describes their bilateral trade in capital, goods and services and finally she tries to estimate the future development of the bilateral relations. The last chapter deals with their trade relations with other countries which play an essential role in the international trade, namely China and Russia.
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Gas Dispute in 2009 between Russia and Ukraine in the Context of the External Energy Security of the EU
Fingl, Filip ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Sudliankou, Aliaksandr (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the recent gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, which took place in 2009, and its consequences to the external energy security of the EU. The first part applies itself to the fundamental sakes of long-lasting problems between Russia and Ukraine in the gas field and their evaluation. In the second part, the actual dispute of 2009 is being examined, whereas the attention is paid foremost to the possible causes of the dispute. The last part concerns itself with the review of gathered facts in the context of the current energy policy of the EU, the EU-Russia relationship is being examined and the dependability of Russia is being questioned. There is also a devoted space to discuss the most frequently mentioned diversification options of transit routes in the context of russian interests.
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Russia: Economic development and foreign relations
Kovaříková, Markéta ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Sudliankou, Aliaksandr (referee)
The aim of this research is to critically analyse development of the Russian economy during the years 2000 - 2008 then examine the impact of the world economic crisis on the economy of Russia and mutual relations of Russia with the strategic foreign partners. The first part of this paper commences by undertaking a critical analysis of the economic progress during the government of V. Putin and a period before his apppointment to the presidency of Russia according to the evaluation of the macroeconomics indexes. The second passage is focused on the growth of the Russian economy during the world economic crisis up to current situation. The final part draws attention to the attitude of Russia to the important foreign partners such as EU and USA. It also identifies principal players in the Caspian region and analyses their task and goals in this area.
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Trade relations between EU and group of MERCOSUR
Petrášková, Marcela ; Čajka, Radek (advisor) ; Froňková, Martina (referee)
The thesis is focused on trade relations between EU and states of MERCOSUR. The development and general characteristics of both blocs are described in the first section. The second part focuses on historical and actual evolution of the trade relations, on the agreements concluded between EU and MERCOSUR and also on the current Association agreement negotiation. The last part analyses trade of EU and the Czech republic with the states of MERCOSUR.
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