The aim of the paper is to outline an economic theory of security in international perspective. First section highlights the economic theory of alliances. Second section examines the defence economics. Third section looks at terrorism from rational choice theory point of view. Forth section...

Czech Abstract: Cílem tohoto článku je prezentovat a analyzovat některé přístupy k fenoménu korupce. První kapitola zmiňuje implicitní charakteristiky korupce z definic, které mohou být nalezeny ve veřejně přístupných zdrojích. Druhá a třetí kapitola tyto charakteristiky...

The economic theory of the last decades deals with how certain models of institutions and incentives could improve the coordination of individual actions in society. Setting rules regulating relationships between economic agents is considered as the key requirement of such coordination....

Czech Abstract: Cílem kvalifikační práce je vysvětlení řešení problému korupce z pohledu dvou ekonomických teorií a nalezení řešení problému korupce, které by bylo platné pro obě vysvětlené ekonomické teorie. V metodologické části je argumentováno ve prospěch...

The paper deals with lobbying in the EU and CR. The starting point is the selected definitions of lobbying and lobbying efforts to integrate into the broader context of promoting economic interests in society. The text therefore considers the criteria for defining lobbying, the defining of the...

The article summarizes recognized empirical knowledge about the causes of currency crises, making use of several extensive empirical studies carried out in the late 1990s, and examines select theoretical models of such causation. The results are divided into three levels of causes: general risk...

The paper provides an introduction to essays published in this volume, which focus on nominal and real convergence in transition countries. The paper is based on the idea that the process of convergence can, to a large extent, be viewed via developments in real exchange rates. Key issues...