Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pavel Sirůček Title: Feminist Economics Abstract: The paper presents modern and postmodern critical feminist economics. It maps routes, selected approaches, topics and diffi cult issues of this heterogeneous type of socioeconomic thinking. It also concerns feminist critics of global capitalism, ecological feminism and the male deformations of the economic science. Keywords: feminist economics, discrimination, feminist political economy, global capitalism Classification-JEL: B54, J16, J71 Pages: 3-18 Volume: 2012 Issue: 3 Year: 2012 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=366.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/366 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:366:p:3-18 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/366 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zbyněk Kuna Title: Horn of Africa Countries and the Malnutrition Problem Abstract: The author thinks about the economies and the food problem of the Horn of Africa countries. The drought and famine conditions in the Horn of Africa, coupled with the conflict in Somalia, have affected over 12 million people. There is a very low nutrition level in the long term in all the countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia). A high level of basic demographic indicators and an unfinished demographic transition will mean a further significant population increase. The countries have different backgrounds for future economic development. Ethiopia is the region´s strongest country economically with a presumption of gradual increase in its industrial production. The economy of Djibouti is highly dependent on a local seaport situated in a strategic position. Eritrea has lagged behind recently and it will be important for its future development to overcome discrepancies with Ethiopia, which could use its ports. The most complicated situation is in Somalia, which has been divided among local clans for two decades and the population is terrorized by armed groups. The information introduced in this paper results from the implementation of institutional research project MSM 6046070906 "Economics of resources of Czech agriculture and their efficient use in multifunctional agri-food systems". Keywords: economy, agriculture, demography, Horn of Africa, malnutrition, food crisis Classification-JEL: J11, O55, Q19 Pages: 19-35 Volume: 2012 Issue: 3 Year: 2012 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=367.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/367 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:367:p:19-35 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/367 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jana Vlčková Title: Is China Catching Up? Technological Sophistication of Chinese Exports to European Union Abstract: Increases in the technological sophistication of some emerging economies, linked, in part, to shifts in the distribution of innovation activities from developed to emerging economies has attracted a lot of attention. Whether emerging economies will catch up with developed regions in terms of innovation and technology remains an open question. Various methods can be used to measure the technological capacity of an economy, though most suffer from a number of significant problems. In this paper, I present a relatively new measure of a country´s technological sophistication based upon the goods that it exports. The empirical analysis focuses on exports to the European Union over the period 1990-2009. Special attention is paid to China, which has made a huge progress in technology and innovations in the past years. Based on this analysis, China´s technological capabilities correspond with its income level and thus China does not seem to threaten the technological position of the EU yet. Keywords: China, technological upgrading, R&D, Chinese exports Classification-JEL: F0 Pages: 36-54 Volume: 2012 Issue: 3 Year: 2012 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=368.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/368 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:368:p:36-54 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/368 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zdeněk Pavlík Title: Potential Impacts of the New Banking Regulation on the Banking Sector in the Czech Republic. Current Questions Abstract: This paper focuses on the current issues of the new banking regulation and its expected impact on the banking sector in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to provide current information on the basic regulatory proposals issued under Basel III and their potential impact on the functioning of the banking sector in the CR and then on real economic development in the Czech Republic. The paper will analyze the basic characteristics of the banking sector in the CR and the current situation with regard to the stability of the European banking sector, which are relevant for setting regulatory measures. Finally, the paper will examine the potential effects of the essential elements of the new banking regulation on the functioning of the banking sector in the CR. More detailed research shows that the CR´s banking sector is ready for adopting the new banking regulation and a fundamental change in its operation with signifi cant impacts on the economy is not expected. Keywords: financial markets, regulation and supervision, Basel III, banking sector in the CR, BS CR, European banking sector, financial connectedness Classification-JEL: E44, E58, G21 Pages: 55-72 Volume: 2012 Issue: 3 Year: 2012 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=369.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/369 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:369:p:55-72 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/369 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Věra Höppnerová Title: České infinitivní vazby a jejich německé ekvivalenty Abstract: Czech infinitive phrases, usually introduced by interrogatives, are equivalent to interrogative clauses. In economy-oriented press, they appear mostly in headlines. In German, they correspond to direct or indirect clauses including modal verbs, infinitive phrases with "zu", passive verbs, or the indefinite subject "man". Keywords: Business German, Czech infinitive phrases, interrogative clauses, German equivalents Classification-JEL: Z19 Pages: 73-75 Volume: 2012 Issue: 3 Year: 2012 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=370.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/370 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:370:p:73-75 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/370 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Petr Hebák Title: A Comparison of Classical and Bayesian Probability and Statitics (3) Abstract: Statistics has been developing for almost 250 years - since the publication of an essay which included one theorem called Bayes´ after the author. This whole period (since 1763 to this day) has been accompanied by a duel between the supporters of a subjective concept of probability and those who refuse everything but a purely objective concept of probability as well as statistics. While the 18th and 19th centuries accepted the importance of the subjective (let us say Bayesian) way of thinking for the development of probability and statistics without a problem, in the 20th century the classic (frequentist) way took over and has been dominant in teaching and textbooks to this day. Only in the second half of the 20th century did the situation begin to change slowly. Reasons for that are partly described in the present article, but arguments and simple examples supporting the Bayesian way in comparison with the classic one are clear and generally respected worldwide. Unsuspected new computing possibilities have caused an explosive development of Bayesian statistics, which has infiltrated almost all the areas of statistics and a number of other scientific fields. It is not possible to expect a retreat of the different philosophical or pedagogical positions of the fighting schools of thought (even though it is really needed), but the use of advantages of both the approaches is methodologically not only possible, but even expected. Part of the teaching of statistics must be prepared for these changes, but it has not been the case in the Czech Republic at all so far. Keywords: subjective probability, frequentist statistics, classical and Bayesian approach and thinking, Bayes´ theorem, point estimation, prior and posterior distribution, Bayesian Credible interval, hypothesis testing Classification-JEL: C82, E21 Pages: 76-88 Volume: 2012 Issue: 3 Year: 2012 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=371.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/371 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2012:y:2012:i:3:id:371:p:76-88 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/371