Growing Role of Switzerland in Commodity Trade

• Název práce v češtině: Rostoucí role Švýcarska v obchodu s komoditami
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Growing Role of Switzerland in Commodity Trade
• Klíčová slova: nezákonné finanční toky, nezákonná manipulace cen, transparentnost, komodity
• Klíčová slova anglicky: illicit financial flows, transfer pricing manipulation, transparency, commodities
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2012/2013
• Typ práce: bakalářská práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Institut ekonomických studií (23-IES)
• Vedoucí / školitel: doc. Petr Janský, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 22.05.2013
• Datum zadání: 22.05.2013
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 18.06.2014 00:00
• Místo konání obhajoby: IES
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 14.05.2014
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 18.06.2014
• Oponenti: PhDr. Tereza Fišerová

Zásady pro vypracování

I choose this subject because control of commodities becomes more important every year and I
find it very important to study relationships between exporters and importers, structure of this trade,
and recent, quickly changing development.
This thesis has three main goals. Firstly, to replicate (Cobham, Janský, Prats, 2013) study, which
focuses on Switzerland as the leading hub of global commodities trading and re-exporting. The
study found support for the hypotheses of significant difference between prices of commodities
imported to Switzerland and to other countries. And that Switzerland re-exports those commodities
for prices above the average of other jurisdictions. This process causes potential economic loss for
commodity exporting developing countries.
Secondly, I will broaden the study, focusing on prior development and years 2011, 2012,
depending on actual availability of data. I will also try to depicture possible illicit nature of such
behaviour (de Boyrie, Pak, Nelson, 2007), particularly trade-based money laundering and terrorist
financing (Zdanowicz, 2009).
The last aim of the thesis is to analyze development and major changes in the Swiss commodity
trade of the most tradable and basic commodities in recent past. Further I will try to explain their
causes and estimate economic impact on both Switzerland and particular, original exporters. I will
concentrate on the developing countries again.

Seznam odborné literatury

1. Baker, R., 2005, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel: Dirty money and how to renew the freemarket
system, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons.
2. Balyuk, T., & Rogach, A., 2009, Transfer Pricing in Transition Economies: Evidence from
Ukraine. World Transition Economy Research, 20-33.
3. Berne Declaration, 2011, Commodities: Switzerland’s most dangerous business, Lausanne:
Edition d’en bas.
4. de Boyrie, M., Nelson, J., Pak, 2007, S. Capital Movement through Trade Misinvoicing: The
Case of Africa, Journal of Financial Crime, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
5. Chan, C.,2005, Do Government Regulations Prevent Transfer Pricing Manipulations?
International Business & Economics Research Journal.
6. Cobham, A., Janský, P., Prats, A., 2013, Swiss-Ploitation? The Swiss Role in Commodity Trade,
christian Aid Occasional Paper Number 10
7. Nitsch, V., 2012, ‘Trade mispricing and illicit flows’, in P. Reuter (ed.), Draining Development?
Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries,Washington, DC: World Bank.
8. SNB, 2012, ‘Swiss Balance of Payments 2011’, Zurich: Swiss National Bank.
9. Zdanowicz, J., 2009, Trede-Based Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, Miami: Florida
International University

Předběžná náplň práce

1. Úvod
2. Kontext práce
3. Data a metodologie
4. Replikace a rozšíření práce
5. Výsledky a diskuze
6. Závěr

Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce

1. Introduction
2. Background of the Study
3. Data and Methodology
4. Replication and Extension of the Study
5. Results and Discussion
6. Conclusion