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Evaluating Economic Policy Using the Synthetic Control Method
Opatrný, Matěj ; Havránek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Ščasný, Milan (referee) ; Tremewan, James (referee) ; Caselli, Francesca G. (referee)
The doctoral thesis consists of three essays that address the application of synthetic control method to various economic policy intervention. In the first essay I evaluate the quantitative effects of the Czech National Bank's commitment to keep the Koruna from appreciating that were put in place in 2013. I find that the commitment helped decrease unemployment substantially. The effect on overall output is also strongly positive, almost 2 percentage points for growth in 2015. The effect of the commitment on inflation is positive but not statistically significant at standard levels. In the second essay I focus on the impact of joining the EU on the Czech agriculture. The results show that the Czech Republic would have had a higher food index if it had not entered the CAM and CAP. Moreover, I show that the CAP and CAM had different impacts on farms in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, which have the most comparable agriculture according to the results of the synthetic control method. In the final essay I estimate how the UK financial markets would have evolved if the Remain camp had won the referendum. The results suggest that there would not have been any significant change in the development of the FTSE 100 Index in the medium to long term if there had not been a referendum. On the other hand, I...
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De Gaulle's first veto on British membership of the European economic community as an instrument for promoting national interest
Mashehová, Sandra ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
This bachelor thesis is a case study which had as a goal to explore whether the veto of General Charles de Gaulle has as an objective to promote or ensure French national interest. Another aim of the paper was to answer whether de Gaulle's policy towards European Economic Community had in the first place geopolitical or economic character. Generally, de Gaulle's policy towards EEC and his decisions taken in European affairs are considered mainly in the geopolitical terms. This thesis set a goal to confirm or disprove this proposition throw analyzing debate between the supporters of liberalism and realism. Throw this analysis I have come to the conclusion that French national interest in de Gaulle's policy towards European Economic Community and reasons he vetoed British appeal to join the Community can't be seen only in geopolitical terms. As Moravcsik argues, economic roots and an effort to satisfy interest groups - French farmers - are evident in de Gaulle's policy. Economic reasons had at least same (or even higher) importance as geopolitical ones. Nevertheless, clear and definite answer to question whether the dominant theme in veto and national interest was Economy or Geopolitics still can't be given.
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Italian system of controlled designation of origines for wines - existing labels, their importance for producers, market and consumers
KOLÁŘOVÁ, Jaroslava
The Bachelor thesis focus on the topic The Italian system of Controlled Designations of Origin for Wines - Existing Appellations, Their Importance for Producers, Market and Consumers. The thesis is divided in two parts. The first of them focuses on the history of the wine classification in the area of current Italy, the wine categories currently used for wines/the roots of the current indications for wines which originated in France and the process of improving the marking of the Italian wines during the last fifty years. The second part is devoted to the recent reform of the common organisation of the market in wine that introduced the use of two European Quality labels 'Protected Geographical Indication' and 'Protected Designation of Origin' for wines. This part also describes when and how European standarts were implemented as national standards. In the conclusion there is characterized the importance of the wine designation for producers, market and consumers. The Bachelor thesis contains the summary in Italian.
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Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Specialty Guaranteed labelled foodstuffs made in Italy (milk foodstuffs).
LINHARTOVÁ, Adéla
The Bachelor thesis focus on the topic Protected Designation of Origin, Protected Geographical Indication and Traditional Specialty Guaranteed labelled foodstuffs made in Italy (milk foodstuffs). The thesis is divided in two parts. The first of them focuses on the history and types of European marks and deals with reasons why these marks have been established. The second part defines the topic "milk foodstuffs made in Italy" in "cheeses made in regions of the northern Italy". Cheeses are divided into regions according to the location of their production. There is a brief introduction of each region and its location, administrative division, history and geography followed by the list of cheeses with the information about its type, method of production, history and the date of registration in the list of products with Protected Designation of Origin and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed. The Bachelor thesis contains the summary in Italian.
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Common agriculture policy (chosen aspects)
Zhoř, Radim ; Sato, Alexej (advisor) ; Polívka, František (referee)
This thesis deals with imports of parallel plant protection products for commercial use from member states of EU to Czech republic. Because these products are chemical based, trading with them is thus stricktly regulated and controlled. This thesis provides clear and comprehensible procedure for application for authorizing a parallel import and as such represents a practical guideline for a potencial dealer/importer with a theoretical insight of the problem.
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The international trade in wine
Portová, Petra ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Bolotov, Ilya (referee)
The thesis is dedicated to the international trade in wine and focuses on role of the European Union in this trade. In the first chapter the trade in wine is analyzed in the global scale using analyses of import, export, production and consumption of wine. The second chapter describes international organizations dealing with trade in wine or influencing it. The third and the fourth chapter deal with organization of the wine market in the EU, the position of the EU on the global wine market and the trade relations of the EU in the wine sector.
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The evaluation of an impact of subsidies on a prosperity and calculations of agricultural companies in the czech republic
Šimek, Jan ; Šoljaková, Libuše (advisor) ; Halíř, Zbyněk (referee)
The principal aim of this thesis is to investigate the possible impacts of governmental interventions on the agricultural sector in the Czech Republic in order to propose possible deductions and identify possible gaps. Focus will be placed on the research results of a selected group of companies. Firstly, the most significant subsidies are outlined along with a brief overview of their acquisition. This is followed by an analysis of ratios and correlation coefficients of accounting information obtained from concrete agricultural companies in order to pinpoint possible connections with the aforementioned subsidies and their consequential governmental impact. Thesis also summarizes discussion between economists and offers its own logical deductions and explicates results of the analysis dealing with questionable topics.
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Project of eco farm using the subsidies of the European Union funds
ŠVOJGR, Václav
The aim of the thesis was to introduce the principles of common agriculture policy and the farming processs of ecological farmer on the farm in the Klatovy region. Furthermore I wanted to point to the legal basis of this kind of business and to other options for possible activity diversification of a farmer due to the agriculture tourism. There are suggested three projects in the thesis that the farmer could ask for within the Rural development programme to extend his business. The first project for building own slaughter would support the partnership principle, the farmer will slaughter stock to other farmers in the neighbourhood. The second project deals with the present production enlargement and ensures the quality of stock life, the third project provides the diversificated activity in agriculture that should give support to enterprise revenues.
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Project of fallow deer farm connected with financing from European union funds.
KERCLOVÁ, Ludmila
The topic of master thesis is focused on the Common agriculture policy, development, main reforms and ideas that affected current specialisation on rurals development. Folowing by short introduciton of Czech Rural development programme and european agricultural funds. Fallow deer farming, The Czech Deer Farmers{\crq} Association and relevant valid legislation is shortly introduced in next capture. The practical part of this thesis is draft of the project "Fallow deer farm" that is in compliance with existing conception of rural development and other legal conditions and fullfills criteria for providing of finacial support.
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