After the turbulent post-election political development in the second half of 2006, the new government set out to implement a series of reforms. The annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic, edited by Dr. Peter Katuscak and Dr. Petr Zemcik, provides a detailed description of the...

This year, the annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the Czech Republic focuses on the proposed fiscal reform and the imminent EU entry. The survey, edited by Dr.Stepan Jurajda and Dr. Libor Dusek and authored by a number of CERGE-EI faculty and junior researchers, covers all aspects of recent...

Published in early 1999, this 92-page booklet is one in a series of successful annual summaries of the situation in the Czech Republic. Edited by CERGE Director František Turnovec and written by a team of CERGE-EI economists, the 1998 book features expanded coverage of the Czech Republic's...

CERGE-EI's publication summarizing the economic situation in the Czech Republic was published in December 1999. This edition was edited by Dr. Jan Hanousek, Director of CERGE-EI, and Dr. Daniel Münich, Deputy Director for Graduate Studies, and features articles by a number of CERGE-EI faculty...

CERGE-EI's fifth annual summary was published in December 2000. As with the 1999 edition, Dr. Jan Hanousek, Director of CERGE-EI, and Dr. Daniel Münich, Deputy Director for Graduate Studies served as editors. Articles were written by a number of CERGE-EI faculty members and researchers. This...

The 2002 issue focuses on several long-term phenomena of political and economic development: the need for fiscal reform and our invitation to the European Union. Other aspects of long-term economic growth prospects are addressed as well, for example, the shadow economy, corruption and labor...

On the global scene, the year 2008 was characterized by a lingering mortgage crisis in the first half of the year, and an onset of a global financial crisis and the impending recession in the second half of the year. On the background of these events, the annual CERGE-EI economic survey of the...

Using a large panel of Czech manufacturing firms with 50 or more employees, we update the firmlevel labour demand elasticity estimates for 2002–2009. The economic crisis of 2008–2009 provides a source of variation needed for getting estimates that cover not only times of growth, but also a...

Much has been written on the distinction between vertical and horizontal foreign direct investment. However, most of the empirical literature relies on indirect and aggregated measures only. The aim of this paper is to help fill this gap by examining the differences between German affiliates in...

This paper is an analysis of the politics of public administration reform in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic that examines why, despite the ambition and scope of such reform, its results have been disappointing and sometimes even counterproductive. It examines the genesis,...