Bubliny na trzích aktiv USA - faktory vzniku a dopad na ekonomiku USA a světovou ekonomiku

The goal of this bachelor thesis is to identify the causes of the formation of asset price bubbles based on the observation of historic cases of price bubbles observed on the American markets, to show their impact on the economy and to project potential scenarios of the current financial crisis. The first chapter introduces basic psychological concepts of the formation of asset price bubbles and explains their macroeconomic implications. The second chapter focuses on specific American asset price bubbles. It applies the theoretical concepts from the first chapter, for each asset price bubble concrete causes and impacts on the economy are described. This section is concluded with a list of their common characteristics. The final chapter analyzes the current financial crisis. It explains its background, causes of the housing bubble and factors leading to its bust. The comparison of stock market crashes and housing market crashes serves as a basis for the projection of possible scenarios of the current financial crisis based on an empirical study of past banking crises. The author thereby presents potential development in five important economic areas: stock markets, housing market, real GDP per capita, unemployment and public debt.