The study focuses on evaluation of institutional quality in European Union countries and its possible impact on economic performance and competitiveness. The text stems from the theoretical framework of new institutional economics, especially historical and comparative institutionalism, and it...

Czech Abstract: Požadavek proporcionality se jako právní zásada rozšířil do významné části světa, a to především po druhé světové válce. Z evropského pohledu přitom bylo klíčové jeho uznání Soudním dvorem Evropské unie a Evropským soudem pro lidská práva. Tento...

Czech Abstract: Při posilování státní správy v boji proti daňovým únikům, při příslušných legislativních a organizačních změnách, není vhodné odhlížet od skutečnosti, že se tímto způsobem do rozhodování v daňovém právu stále více dostává množství...

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...

The article contains a general analysis of the exchange rate convergence process of EU and eurozone-candidate countries. Emphasis is given to an analysis of the exchange rate policy of member states within the ERM/ERM2 mechanism (beginning several years before the introduction of the euro) and...

This article provides a general account of the Polish transition from socialist central planning to a market economy and tries to explicate the main causes of the relative success of this transition. The second section offers an overview of the main steps in the reform process. It begins with a...

The author highlights the striking difference between the economic transition of the Czech Republic and Hungary. These two countries, roughly of the same size and same level of development, have traveled on markedly diverging paths toward relative prosperity. After the velvet revolution of 1989,...

The article contains a general analysis of the exchange rate convergence process of EU and eurozone-candidate countries. Emphasis is given to an analysis of the exchange rate policy of member states within the ERM/ERM2 mechanism (beginning several years before the introduction of the euro) and...

The article is a general analysis of the exchange rate convergence process for EU and Eurozone candidate countries. The introduction states that exchange rate strategies of candidate countries have to be consistent with the „acquis communataire“ from beginning to end. For these countries,...

Pøeklad pøednášky profesora Josepha Stiglitze, kterou pronesl na pùdì IES FSV UK v èervnu 2001. Hlavním pøedmìtem pøednášky byly otázky ekonomické transformace a specifické role, kterou v této transformaci hrají otázky morálního hazardu a morálky obecnì.