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Metal Detecting Ownership and Non-Ownership Motives
Hrušák, Jan ; Gregor, Martin (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis addresses the phenomenon of hobby metal detecting in the Czech Republic, aiming to determine whether individuals' wealth influences the for- mation of detected finds collections. The mass spread of metal detecting in the Czech Republic since the 1990s has proven the significance of studying this activity. The phenomenon of metal detecting can be classified under contest theory, where agents make costly efforts to compete for a limited resource, which in this case is archaeological finds. From the standpoint of economics, a study about resources allocation, the metal detecting hobby can be an in- triguing topic for investigation. This thesis presents estimates of models based on five different datasets, each containing several thousands of observations obtained from a renowned Czech metal detecting website. The findings sug- gest that relatively wealthier metal detectorists are more likely to submit coins, but not artifacts. Given that coins form a relatively homogeneous group, the estimation results associated with coins might be applied to the formation of finds collections overall. Hence, the collecting of finds is likely to be negatively associated with an individual's socioeconomic status. JEL Classification D14, D61, D91, O33, Q01, Q32, Q34, Z13 Keywords hobby, private ownership,...
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Personal ownership in Czechoslovakian law in 1964 - 1990
Ebrahimi, Arian ; Kuklík, Jan (advisor) ; Šouša, Jiří (referee)
Personal ownership in Czechoslovakian law in 1964 - 1990 This thesis aims to comprehensively describe the regulation of personal ownership in Czechoslovakian law in the years 1964 to 1990. The thesis deals with the origin and development of this property type in Czechoslovakia, including the constitutional aspect of property law under socialism and Soviet law, which significantly influenced the Czechoslovakian law. Emphasis is placed on the description of the historical and philosophical roots of property rights with regard to Marxist-Leninist ideology. The introductory part of the thesis comprehensively discusses the regulation of ownership in key legislation before the year 1964, including both post-war Czechoslovakian constitutions and key laws such as the Civil Code of 1950 (Act No. 141/1950 Coll.) or the Economic Code (Act No. 109/1964 Coll.). The main part of the thesis focuses on the regulation of personal property in the Civil Code of 1964 (Act No. 40/1964 Coll.) as amended before 1990. The text compares the original wording of the Code with the amendment of 1982, which returned to the Code traditional Roman law institutes such as possession or easements. The analysis of key provisions in the Civil Code of 1964 is based on contemporary commentaries, legal textbooks and relevant case law,...
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Analysis of the impact of ownership on effective operation of heating plants in the Czech Republic
Fajfr, Tomáš ; Macháč, Jan (advisor) ; Zajíček, Miroslav (referee)
Privatization transformation took place in the Czech Republic at the beginning of the nineties which also highly influenced heating plant industry. Some heating plant companies are in private ownership and some remained or were returned back into ownership of towns and villages. The main hypothesis of the bachelor thesis is that heating plant companies are more effective and are reaching better economic results than companies owned by towns and villages. This hypothesis is confirmed with the aid of statistic method of linear regression. Private heating plant companies have in average higher sales on employee, higher return on equity, higher return on sales and also higher share of investments on total revenue. Minor hypothesis saying that towns heating plant will sell heat energy cheaper was disproved.
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Institutional framework of health insurance in the Czech Republic (case study: VZP and OZP performance)
Rypáčková, Lucie ; Chytil, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Svoboda, Miroslav (referee)
This paper examines the impact of an institutional framework on the performance of Všeobecná zdravotní pojišťovna (VZP) and Oborová zdravotní pojišťovna zaměstnanců bank, pojišťoven a stavebnictví (OZP). The differences in the institutional status of VZP and OZP are the result of the dual legislation of health insurance companies in the Czech Republic. It was found that institutional status of VZP is more like a state-owned institution in comparison with OZP. Theories dealing with the differences between state and private ownership assume lower efficiency of state-owned companies than private companies. In accordance with the theoretical assumptions is given the hypothesis that the institutional framework of VZP reinforces a tendency to inefficiency. The hypothesis is verified using data from the annual reports of VZP a OZP and using selected indicators (for example: operating costs, labor productivity). It has been proven that the institutional framework of VZP reinforces the tendency for wasteful spending of resources.
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Changes in ownership structure and strategic decision-making of oil companies in terms of state interventions on the oil market
Pytelová, Zuzana ; Hnilica, Jiří (advisor) ; Staš, Martin (referee)
Topic of this master thesis is the characterization of the relationship between private oil companies and the state. Ambition is to render this co-existence based on historical case studies and practical examples. Case studies show a transparent variety of state approaches and relations with private oil companies. Practical examples are characterized by three major oil states and demonstrate their efforts to prioritize "national champions" and to maximize their income from oil. Based on results of this work, it is clear that private companies and the state in most cases need each other, altough their relations are often tense. There are also a far-reaching legislative changes that are making actions of private oil companies more difficult.
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Possibilities of smoking ban at public places and problems connected with
Vaško, Jan ; Písař, Pavel (advisor) ; Loužek, Marek (referee)
The bachelor thesis engages problem with smoking ban in private places and shows relationship between state regulation and inviolability of private ownership. The thesis shows some possibilities of smoking ban. It tries to show consequence of smoking ban on economical situation of restaurants, pubs and similar businesses. It compares revenues, profits or attendance of these businesses before and after smoking ban and tries to prove, how was influence of smoking ban on these businesses in countries which already established the smoking ban. The thesis also includes pieces of opinion of restaurants or pubs owners. The thesis contains also questionnaire among public, which represents their attitude on current situation and future possibilities about this problem.
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Forest management CZ
Kovačová, Pavla ; Munzi, Tomáš (advisor) ; Řežábek, Pavel (referee)
The text looks on the forest management of the Czech republic of the two basic thematic units -- forests and ownership. In consequence of their connection there is original theoretical reflection on specificities of public and private ownership of forest and also on their differencies. Integral part of this text is aplication into practical surrounding of forestry from economic, law and political points of view. The text shows some possibilities of ways of further development on the basis of the known government actions and provides a final assessment of this issue.
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Comparison of public and private forests
Jakl, Jakub ; Slavíková, Lenka (advisor) ; Vejchodská, Eliška (referee)
The work deals with conflict between public and private ownership of forests and solves the question, which of these concepts is more suitable in the area of forestry economy. This work takes into account various phenomenon, which are connected with this problematic. The work uses the method of historical comparison of time period before land reform in 1918, when the majority of forests were private and the presence, when the majority of forests is state owned. Next method, that work uses, is method of institutional analysis, which deals with influence of particular institutions and interactions among them.
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