The paper works with assumptions, that the conclusions of mainstream approaches to the growth theory are problematical; there are alternative social-economic approaches to the theory of economic growth that offer more plausible explanations of the fundamental economic questions than the...

Czech Abstract: Proč je teorie dobývání renty užitečnou teorií? V článku je argumentováno, že poslední kritika teorie dobývání renty není nová ani významná. Na základě vysvětleného základního konceptu teorie dobývání renty autor vysvětluje její kritiku, která...

Czech Abstract: Cílem příspěvku je analýza vývoje regulace a deregulace v České republice v období let 1990–2005, postihnutí hlavních vývojových trendů v této oblasti a analýza vývoje jak celkové výše regulace, tak její kvality. Pojem regulace je v článku zúžen na...

This is one chapter from the book “Eseje o teoriich ekonomickeho rustu” (Essays in the Theory of the Economic Growth”, that was published in Czechoslovakia during 1967. The main purpose of the book was to fill one of the many gaps in the knowledge of the advanced contemporary economic...

In most industrialized countries, renewable energy is supported by policy schemes burden of which is distributed among taxpayers and energy consumers. Renewable sources of energy face a major problem because of their intermittency and that has not been adequately reflected in the discussions of...

The key question of the presented thesis is what precisely economic nationalism means. The author uses the situation in Czechoslovakia between the two world wars as a background of her examination of both its dimensions, economic and nationalistic. She points out several problems arising from...

This article presents the principal arguments for formal economic regulation of airport operators. It also briefly compares and contrasts the main regulatory systems and provides a simplified overview of the regulatory regimes currently applied at the largest European airports. Finally, a...

This paper provides a brief but comprehensive overview of microfinance academic literature with emphasis on recent innovations, trends and efficiency. In particular, we focus on controversial issues of microfinance, such as commercialization, regulation, interest rate policy and the balance...

The article outlines the historical roots of bonds and bond-market institutions in the Czech Republic. The survey begins in early 20th century, during the Habsburg monarchy, carries through the First Republic of Czechoslovakia and the preceding post-Second World War socialist era, and culminates...

Práca sa zaoberá analýzou ekonomického rozvoja Čínskej ľudovej republiky od zavedenia hospodárskych reforiem ako aj súčasnými výzvami čínskeho modelu. Prvá kapitola popisuje rast HDP v ČĽR od zavedenia reforiem a obdobia vlády jednotlivých čínskych vodcov. Druhá kapitola...