The paper analyses the factors leading to the fall of long-term interest rates in the Czech Republic – respectively, the long-term interest rate differential in the Czech Republic and the Eurozone – between 1998 and 2003. The selection of factors is determined by the Fisher equation, UIP,...

The small-and medium-sized enterprises in the Hungarian economy have been playing a decisive role. Among the difficulties they face during their activities one of the most serious is to raise funds for their labour costs. They try to reduce their tax wedge burden, which is regarded one of the...

This study is devoted to analysis of different aspects of world oil market development and its role in further growth of individual national economies, especially in connection with the ever intensifying globalization process. The study shows individual aspects and parts of the oil market, be it...

This article is oriented on the analyses of the development of the mergers and acquisition process. The author shows the main reason and motivations of expansion MA and its influence on the globalization of the world economy. This activity is (in the time and the territory) very different and...

Financovanie zahraničného obchodu je dôležitou súčasťou financovania obchodných aktivít firiem zaoberajúcich sa exportom a importom. Pre každú firmu, ktorá sa zaoberá zahraničným obchodom má veľký význam správna voľba platobných a zabezpečovacích nástrojov. Od správnej...

In this paper historical performance of eleven approaches for estimation of one-day 95% value-at-risk is evaluated. Random sample of 1000 foreign exchange portfolios consisting of positions in EUR and USD with CZK as a base currency was considered. Since foreign exchange portfolio consists of...

The paper presents empirical analysis of influence of different ownership forms on efficiency of Czech and Slovak banks using the Stochastic Frontier Analysis. The paper brings new results as it uses set of data which has not been used previously in the literature. On the set of 44 Czech and 21...

Svetová finančná kríza, ktorá postupne prerástla do globálnej ekonomickej krízy vo veľkej miere ovplyvnila aj svetový obchod a obchodné financovanie. Obchodné financovanie je pre medzinárodný obchod nevyhnutnosťou, a preto ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) na podnet WTO...

Príspevok sa zaoberá procesom otvárania sa Slovenska svetu z pohľadu sektoru bankovníctva. Poukazuje na špecifiká bankovníctva v ČSSR, ČSFR a na reformy po rozpade Federácie.

Dokumentárny akreditív je jedným z najznámejších a najlepšie prepracovaných platobných nástrojov v medzinárodnom platobnom styku. Akreditívy predstavujú abstraktný záväzok vystavujúcej prípadne potvrdzujúcej banky, že ak budú splnené podmienky akreditívu, poskytnú oni...