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Empirical research on the differences between unit values in the EU's trade with the Czech Republic and the intra-EU average has shown a significant changes. The comparative level of manufacturing products imported from the Czech republic has increased, the comparative level of products exported...
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This article tries to summarize achievements of ten years anniversary of WTO (1995-2005) and the negotiations taking place at its summits from Seattle (1999) to Hongkong (2005). These achievements could be characterized at best as mediocre ones. WTO has been muddling through numerous disputes,...
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This article focuses on common and different attributes of education and health from economic and social perspective …. Education and health are not usually analyzed together so this could be considered to be an innovative approach. Article … contains knowledge which reflects empirically known dependencies in the area of education and health determinants and …
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the impact of long-term unemployment - a crucial problem in contemporary European countries - on the economy and on the … coercive principle - was set up. The principal fi ndings concern the decline in long-term unemployment both on the European …
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The paper describes process of electricity market liberalization, and concentrates on one phase - unbundling. First … part sums up findings on electricity market liberalization, and explains unbundling principles, initial situation and … contributed to decrease electricity end-price for households in the 2005 - 2008 period, despite substantial unbundling costs …
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The power-generation industry offers numerous opportunities to apply real options. This paper uses current empirical market data to estimate the value of flexibility in the Czech energy sector, which can serve to compare available technologies, and support various investment decisions. The model...
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This paper describes the main theoretical concepts of the competition, which is thought to be the fundamental social … process in the economy. The protection of competition (or the competition policy) is the one of the most important parts of … economic policy, because the competition ensures the freedom of choice. The theory of competition provides large number of …
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This paper considers the legitimacy, scope and purposes of redistribution in Czech society. The authors use data from international surveys from the mid-nineties onward, as well as several national Czech surveys. The authors claim that Czech society does not favor extensive redistribution in...
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markets in sense of increasing unemployment. The results of the econometric analyses suggest that while there is a significant … impact on increasing regional unemployment, potential benefits on raising incomes of the poor households seem to be …
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