Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Kamila Matysová Title: International Trade Students’ Stereotypes Abstract: The goal of the present paper is to detect stereotypes of students studying International Trade at the University of Economics Prague and, if need be, propose didactic measures for intercultural education at the university. In our study, 293 International Trade students described six ethnic and national groups (Roma, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, Russians, Germans and Czechs) in terms of explicit stereotypes. The following hypothesis was formulated in the study: On the one hand, stereotypes of the observed population refer to real existing intercultural differences; on the other hand, they refer to cultural complexes. An open questionnaire for stereotypes was used. The results match the formulated hypothesis well: stereotypes of the observed population refer to real existing intercultural differences as well as to cultural complexes. Intercultural differences are mostly reflected in the stereotypes about Germans. On the contrary, the least intercultural differences were found in the stereotypes about Ukrainians. The research points to a number of complexes projected onto ethnic and national groups (Roma, Germans and Russians). Practical implications for intercultural education are discussed in the paper. Keywords: intercultural differences, stereotypes, cultural complexes, intercultural education Classification-JEL: Z1 Pages: 3-16 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=571.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/571 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:571:p:3-16 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/571 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marie Hladká Author-Name: Vladimír Hyánek Title: A Model of Donor Behaviour in the Czech Republic Abstract: The article examines the variables underlying an individual’s decision to donate money to a nonprofit organisation. Based on a content analysis of leading foreign research, we identify and systematise factors that may affect an individual’s decision to donate money, and we carry out an empirical testing in the Czech Republic. This article presents answers to the following question: which determinants affect significantly the willingness to donate? What does the model of donor behaviour look like on a selected sample? The authors apply a theoretical justification set of variables affecting donor behaviour to a questionnaire survey. Multiple linear regression analysis and binary logistic regression are used to determine which of the variables is the most influential. Among the statistically significant variables we can include: respondent’s income, age, relations with the organisation and employees, the final beneficiary, religious orientation, affection, compassion and solidarity, gratitude, social responsibility and moral obligation, self-centred, feel good, pity, faith in justice. Keywords: altruism, charitable giving, motive, non-profit organisation, philanthropy, pro-social behaviour Classification-JEL: C91, D01, D64 Pages: 17-33 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=572.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/572 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:572:p:17-33 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/572 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jan Hospodka Author-Name: Ondřej Buben Author-Name: Jiří Šimůnek Author-Name: Monika Randáková Title: Debt Relief in the Czech Republic - Analysis of Income, Overall Debt and Creditor Structure of the Debtors Abstract: This paper analyses debtors who proposed for a debt relief in a period between 1. 1. 2012 and 31. 12. 2013. Topic of debt relief has been already researched in Moravian and Silesian regions, therefore this paper concentrates mainly on Bohemian regions. The possibility of debt relief (personal bankruptcy in other words) for debtors has been in Czech legislation since year 2008 and number of personal bankruptcies has been considerably rising ever since. This paper presents only a part of ongoing research and therefore comprise only certain characteristics, such as the level and structure of debtor’s income, the amount of their debt and also structure of their creditors. The data and the results of the research are analysed and compared among regions. Keywords: Czech Republic, bankruptcy, deptors Classification-JEL: G33, K35, M41 Pages: 34-44 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=573.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/573 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:573:p:34-44 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/573 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Marta Nečadová Title: Measuring of National Competitiveness - Comparative Analysis of Visegrad Countries, Germany and Austria in Modified Porter’s SD Model and 9F Model Abstract: The international competitiveness rankings can be seen as a way of evaluating countries’ future economic potential and opportunities for further development and growth. The discussion of one clear definition of the term “national competitiveness” can be considered a “never-ending story” without an unambiguous generally accepted result. In every composite indicator analysis, the final index is the outcome of a number of choices: the framework (usually driven by theoretical models and experts’ opinions), the indicators to be included, their normalisation, the weights assigned to each indicator, and the aggregation method. This paper is based on evaluating results of the Visegrad group countries (V4), Germany, and Austria. We take into account the sense and the methodology of Porter’s Diamond model (SD model) and the Nine-factor model (9F model). The main aim of this paper is the identification of similarities and differences between these two models and the discussion of suitability of these models for countries with different economic characteristics. Keywords: composite indicators, national competitiveness, 9F model, SD model, V4 comparison Classification-JEL: E29, F43, O49 Pages: 45-69 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=574.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/574 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:574:p:45-69 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/574 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Lukáš Kučera Title: Real Interest Rate Channel from the Point of View of Chosen Theories of Investment Abstract: This paper is a theoretical one and deals with the real interest rate channel of monetary policy and sensitivity of investment to real interest rate. In the first part, the mechanism of the real interest rate channel is analysed. The second part focuses on the neoclassical model of demand for capital, Fisher’s theory of investment, Tobin’s q and Keynes’s investment theory. All these theories are discussed in the context of real interest rate, i.e., whether they consider that investment reacts inversely to changes of real interest rate. The third part of the paper targets application of theories to the framework of the real interest rate channel. The paper concludes that all the mentioned theories of investment imply that investment reacts inversely and permanently to changes of real interest rate and also that central banks may influence investment via all types of real interest rate, i.e., short and long or market and retail real interest rate. Keywords: nominal interest rate, real interest rate, demand for capital, internal rate of return, Tobin’s q, marginal efficiency of capital Classification-JEL: E22, E43, E52 Pages: 70-84 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=575.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/575 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:575:p:70-84 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/575 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Miriam Jankalová Author-Name: Radoslav Jankal Title: Monetary Integration in the 1960s Abstract: Initiatives dealing with the creation of the European Monetary System and the zone of monetary stability in Europe emerged in the 18th century, despite the fact that greater manifestations of these considerations and efforts only started in the 1960s and early 1970s. The proof is the Marjolin Memorandum of 24 October 1962 and the Barre Plan, presented in The Hague in February 1969. In October 1970, the Commission’s initiative was followed by preparation of a plan for the progressive establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union, known as the Werner Report. Fundamentally different political views and approaches in the field of economics and integration, crisis phenomena in the Member States of the European Economic Community prevented the coordination of economic and monetary policy and the expected introduction of a common system of exchange rates. Other factors that contributed to that state were the currency crisis (1971-1973) and the oil crisis (1973-1974), as well as conflicts of interest between the French and German sides. Keywords: integration, market, policy, currency, union, community Classification-JEL: E00, E42, E50 Pages: 85-97 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=576.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/576 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:576:p:85-97 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/576 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Pavel Sirůček Title: Half-Forgotten Personalities of Economic Thought - J. C. L. S. Sismondi Abstract: J. C. L. S. Sismondi was a Swiss historian, economist and writer. He is often cited as the last representative of the French branch of classical economics and a key author of the small producers type of theories. He left the classical liberal school and switched to economic romanticism. He has been indicated as the first author of systematic reflection on crises in opposition to contemporary conceptions of balance. Keywords: crisis, J. C. L. S. Sismondi, classical political economy, small-scale production, economic romanticism Classification-JEL: B51, E32, N13, P16 Pages: 98-106 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=577.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/577 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:577:p:98-106 X-File-Ref: http://www.vse.cz/RePEc/prg/jnlaop/references/577 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jiří Fárek Title: Martin Mandel a Jaroslava Durčáková: Mezinárodní finance a devizový trh Pages: 107-108 Volume: 2017 Issue: 2 Year: 2017 File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/download.php?jnl=aop&pdf=578.pdf File-URL: http://www.vse.cz/aop/578 File-Format: text/html Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlaop:v:2017:y:2017:i:2:id:578:p:107-108