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 paper deals with yield curve construction methods using coupon bonds in Czech bond market. Generally, there are more possibilities how to approach this problem: bootstraping, splines, parametric functions. Due to the lack of tradable public bonds and due to the fact that existing bonds do...

This paper addresses the issue of project standby capacity optimization for capital budgeting. A detailed analysis and case study show that this is a particular real-option based situation, which solicits the use of statistical simulation. The method can be recommended as a useful heuristic for...

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...

Currently, if speaking about the theoretical background of the environmental policy, most of environmental economists have neoclassical economics in their minds. State regulation of private activities by means of restrictions, commands, taxes and fees is usually seen as the only one way to reach...

The paper focuses on the analysis of the particular sectors of non-financial corporations based on mainly yearly national accounts. We explain some of the aggregates of the national accounts but the focus of the paper is placed on the application of standard tools of financial analysis on the...