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Why did Czech Banks Switch From Loans in 1995?
Get PDFThe Czech banking system is seen by many observers to be the most successful of all former socialist economies’. But have Czech banks successfully provided worthy enterprises with sufficient credit from the funds made available to them? Using data from the Czech National Bank and data on individual Czech banks, I find evidence that in 1995 banks are provided with more deposits, but do not transform them into enterprise loans. I investigate the possible causes of this great portfolio switch and find that the central bank instituted a monetary tightening during a regime of fixed exchange rates and mobile capital. The central bank sterilized the continuing capital inflows. The resulting higher interbank interest rates and competition from foreign funds made the loan interest margin too narrow for Czech banks to profitably lend. The tight money strategy likely contributed to the bank failures in the following year and may have lead to greater concentration in the Czech banking system.Banking, Capital Flows, Capital Mobility, Central Banking, Economy in Transition, Fixed Exchange Rates, Monetary Policy
Context and the VSL: Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic
Get PDFWe report on the results of a survey based on conjoint choice experiments that was specifically designed to investigate the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality benefits of environmental policies that reduce premature mortality. We define “context” broadly to include i) the cause of death (respiratory illness, cancer, road traffic accident), ii) the beneficiary of the risk reduction (adult v. child), and iii) the mode of provision of the risk reduction (public program v. private good). The survey was conducted following similar protocols in Italy and the Czech Republic. When do not distinguish for the cause of death, child and adult VSL are not significantly different from one another in Italy, and the difference is weak in the Czech sample. When we distinguish for the cause of death, we find that child and adult VSLs are different at the 1% level for respiratory illnesses and road-traffic accidents, but do not differ for cancer risks. We find evidence of a “cancer premium” and a “public program premium.” In both countries, the marginal utility of income is about 20% lower among wealthier people, which makes the VSL about 20% higher among respondents with incomes above the sample average. The discount rate implicit in people‘s choices is effectively zero. We conclude that there is heterogeneity in the VSL, and that such heterogeneity is primarily driven by risk characteristics and mode of delivery of the risk reduction, rather than by individual characteristics of the respondent (e.g., income and education). For the most part, our results do not disagree with environmental policy analyses that use the same VSL for children and adults, and that apply a cancer premium.VSL, Conjoint Choice Experiments, Mortality Risk Reductions, Cost-benefit Analysis, Forced Choice Questions
A. Akhmatova's and M. Tsvetaeva's Poetics and Its Rendering in Czech Translations
Get PDFThe thesis focuses on the rendering of the poetics of Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva in Czech translations. The first part deals with the phenomenon of poetesses in the Russian literature and subsequently with Akhmatova's and Tsvetaeva's life, works, style and reception. The second part is focused on contrastive translatological analysis of different approaches to their poetry and detailed analysis of existing Czech translations of Akhmatova's poem Rekviem and Tsvetaeva's work Popytka revnosti. It defines the approach of all translators to translation and evaluates the quality and adequacy of individual translation solutions in relation to the author's style and intention
Eliminacja lamerstwa. O społecznym użytkowaniu muzyki: Z Adamem Czechem rozmawia Anna Zawadzka [Eliminating cheesiness. The social use of music: Adam Czech interviewed by Anna Zawadzka]
No full textEliminating cheesiness. The social use of music: Adam Czech interviewed by Anna Zawadzka
The interview with Doctor Adam Czech deals with various forms of distinctions made with the use of music, in the circles of both its authors and recipients. The conversation addresses, among other things, the current status of contemporary classical, folk, and popular music in Poland, and the status of different manners of music consumption. Another issue under discussion concerns the prevailing artistic categories of music evaluations, such as being original and abstract, and the ways of validating and delegitimizing different musical genres.
Eliminacja lamerstwa. O społecznym użytkowaniu muzyki: Z Adamem Czechem rozmawia Anna Zawadzka
Wywiad z dr. Adamem Czechem dotyczy różnych form dystynkcji dokonywanych za pomocą muzyki zarówno w środowisku jej twórców/twórczyń, jak i odbiorców/odbiorczyń. Przedmiotem rozmowy jest m.in. obecny status muzyki poważnej, muzyki ludowej i muzyki popularnej w Polsce, jak również status poszczególnych sposobów muzycznej konsumpcji, czyli słuchania. Rozmowa dotyczy także dominujących w sztuce kategorii oceniania muzyki, takich jak oryginalność i abstrakcyjność, oraz sposobów uprawomocniania i delegitymizacji poszczególnych gatunków muzycznych
Czech Republic: A rapid transformation of fertility and family behaviour after the collapse of state socialism
Get PDFFollowing the swift demise of the state-socialist regime in 1989, a profound transformation of family and fertility patterns has taken place in the Czech Republic. Family formation has been postponed and period fertility rates have fallen to very low levels, especially among young adults. Unmarried cohabitation has become relatively widespread and marriages have been progressively delayed or even foregone. These rapid shifts in family-related behaviour were primarily driven by a period change and resulted in a sharp discontinuity in cohort patterns of union formation and childbearing. We argue that the rapid change in family-related behaviour after 1990 was driven by a fundamental shift in the constraints and incentives for childbearing, which was conducive to later and more carefully planned family formation. The rapidity of observed changes can be explained as the outcome of a simultaneous occurrence of several factors, especially the expansion of higher education, the emergence of new opportunities competing with family life, increasing job competition, rising economic uncertainty in young adulthood, and changing partnership behaviour.childbearing, Czech Republic, Europe, family, fertility, state socialism
CZECH HOUSE TAIWAN
No full textDiplomová práce se zabývá tématem kulturní a diplomaDcké reprezentace České republiky v zahraničí, konkrétně na Taiwanu. Jedním z cílů je poukázat na důležitost kulturní výměny a zahraniční spolupráce. Místem návrhu je komplikovaná proluka ve čtvrti Wanhua, při ulici Guilin Road v Taipei. Navrhovaný objekt českého domu vychází z existujících typologií českých center či konzulátů. Dále pak zkoumá a rozvíjí význam této instituce, vztah k místu, atmosféru či míru reprezentace.The diploma thesis deals with the topic of cultural and diplomatic representation of the Czech Republic abroad, specifically in Taiwan. One of the aims is to point out the importance of cultural exchange and foreign cooperation. The site of the design is a complicated urban gap in Wanhua District, at Guilin Road in Taipei. The proposed building of the “Czech house” is based on the existing typologies of Czech centres or consulates. It then examines and develops the meaning of this institution, the relationship to the place, the atmosphere or the degree of representation
An Article About Albertus C. Van Raalte, Author Unknown, Except for Parts Taken from an Article by Anna C. Post
Get PDFAn article about Albertus C. Van Raalte, author unknown, except for parts taken from an article by Anna C. Post. The author knew first generation persons in the Holland settlement and therefore, the article has some value.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1890s/1012/thumbnail.jp
Foreign Ownership Wage Premia in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Czech Republic
Get PDFIn this paper we examine the relationship between wages, labour productivity and ownership using a linked employer-employee dataset covering a large fraction of the Czech labour market in 2006. We distinguish between different origins of ownership and study wage and productivity differences. The raw wage differential between foreign and domestically owned firms is about 24 percent. The empirical analysis is carried out on both firm- and individual-level data. A key finding is that industry, region, and notably human capital explain only a small part of the foreign-domestic ownership wage differential. Both white and blue collar workers as well as skilled and unskilled employees obtain a foreign ownership wage premium. Foreign ownership premia are more prevalent in older and less technologically advanced firms. Joint estimation of productivity and wage equations show that, controlling for human capital, the difference in productivity is about twice as large as the wage differential. The results indicate that the international firms share their rents with their employeesForeign ownership; wages; productivity
Space of Memory in Anna Bolavá´s Works
No full textThe thesis Space of Memory in Anna Bolavá's Works deals with interpretations of texts of the Czech author Anna Bolavá, and bases them on theses of Maurice Halbwachs, Aleida Assmann and Paul Ricoeur relating to memory, space, and identity of characters. Particularly the poetry debut called Černý rok, and then the parts of Řečovice trilogy - Do tmy, Ke dnu and Před povodní is analysed
Comparison of DNA methylation landscape between Czech and Armenian vineyards show their unique character and increased diversity
No full textGrapevine is a worldwide crop and it is also subject to global trade in wine, berries and grape vine plants. Various countries, including the countries of the European Union, emphasize the role of product origin designation and suitable methods are sought, able to capture distinct origins. One of the biological matrices that can theoretically be driven by individual vineyards’ conditions represents DNA methylation. Despite this interesting hypothesis, there is a lack of respective information. The aim of this work is to examine whether DNA methylation can be used to relate a sample to a given vineyard and to access a relationship between a DNA methylation pattern and different geographical origin of analysed samples. For this purpose, DNA methylation landscapes of samples from completely different climatic conditions presented by the Czech Republic (Central Europe) and Armenia (Southern Caucasus) were com-pared. Results of the Methylation Sensitive Amplified Polymorphism method confirm uniqueness of DNA methylation landscape for individual vineyards. Factually, DNA methylation diversity within vineyards of Merlot and Pinot Noir cultivars represent only 16% and 14% of the overall diversity registered for individual cultivars. On the contrary, different geographical location of the Czech and Armenian vineyards was identified as the strongest factor affecting diversity in DNA methylation landscapes (79.9% and 70.7% for Merlot and Pinot Noir plants, respectively).Supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, Project LTC18009, Program INTER-COS
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