Daniel Bernoulli's explanation of Petersburg paradox is a special case of general Weber-Fechner's law for area of economy. Till now, this law used to be used outside the area of physics only very rarely. From social point of view, more attention should be payed to subjective perception of...

This paper analyzes the tax penalty on volatile personal income under progressive tax rates. The phenomenon may have an effect on long-term entrepreneurial decisions as well as risky occupational choice. An options-based model is used to estimate the expected effective rate due from tax-payers...

This paper uses a specific experiment — „voucher privatization“ in the former Czechoslovakia — to test the permanent income hypothesis of consumer behavior. Voucher privatization (the mass privatization of state-owned assets through publicly offered vouchers) led to an unexpected...

Cílem èlánku je ukázat zmìny v redistribuci na úrovni domácností. V první èásti využíváme šetøení u obyvatelstva k analýze vývoje pøerozdìlování po roce 1989 a k analýze jeho faktorù. Ve druhé èásti se vìnujeme kontextu sociální struktury a na datech...

Príspevok skúma teórie vysvetľujúce rodovú priepasť v odmeňovaní. Na základe teórii vysvetľuje ako súvisia rodové rozdiely v odmeňovaní s rodinou, t.j. či a ako sú muži a ženy ovplyvnení v pracovnom živote, keď majú rodinu. Vybrané zatriedenie rozdeľuje teórie na...

The article is focused on value added tax harmonization. It summarizes theoretical basis of harmonization process, refers to basic law. It also analyzes a real level of value added tax harmonization in the European Union and compares development in member states. In the beginning of year 2009...

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) finance their business activities primary with clients’ deposits, equity or with external funding. The aim of our thesis is to determine whether macroeconomic development and the size of banking sector affect the range of external funding and consequently the...