Real Economic Convergence of the Czech Republic and Germany
| Thesis title in Czech: | Reálná ekonomická konvergence České republiky a Spolkové republiky Německo |
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| Thesis title in English: | Real Economic Convergence of the Czech Republic and Germany |
| Key words: | beta konvergence, sigma konvergence, neoklasický model růstu, Česká republika, Německo |
| English key words: | beta convergence, sigma convergence, neoclassical growth model, Czech Republic, Germany |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2010/2011 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES) |
| Supervisor: | prof. Ing. Oldřich Dědek, CSc. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 06.06.2011 |
| Date of assignment: | 06.06.2011 |
| Date and time of defence: | 18.06.2012 00:00 |
| Venue of defence: | Opletalova 26 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 17.05.2012 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 18.06.2012 |
| Opponents: | PhDr. Petra Luňáčková |
| References |
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| Preliminary scope of work |
| Německo je náš úspěšný soused. Často je nám dáváno za vzor, za příklad, jak by jednou naše země mohla vypadat. Hodně Čechů si při srovnání životní úrovně obou zemí klade otázky jako: „Zmenšuje se rozdíl mezi Českou republikou a Německem?“ nebo „Kdy Česko dožene Německo?“
To jsou otázky, na které se snaží odpovídat teorie ekonomické konvergence. Cílem této práce je čtenáři na ně poskytnout možné odpovědi. V teoretické části práce bych začal uvedením podmínek, které se pokládají ke konvergenci států za nutné a přiblížením determinantů dlouhodobého ekonomického růstu. Dále se pokusím objasnit neoklasický model ekonomického růstu a nastínit, jak dlouhá by doba konvergence mohla být. V empirické části se budu snažit teorii na reálných datech ověřit. Pokusím se vysvětlit případný nesoulad teorií s reálným světem a vyvodit z toho závěry. To vše především s důrazem na srovnání České republiky a Německa. |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| Germany is our successful neighbour. It is frequently given to us as an ideal, an example, how our state could look like some day. A lot of Czechs is asking yourselves questions comparing the living conditions of both states such as: “Is the gap between Czech Republic and Germany getting smaller?“ or “When is the Czech Republic going to catch up Germany?“
These are the questions, for which is the theory of economic convergence trying to find answers. The goal of this work is to offer potential reader answers for them. In the theoretical part of work I would like to begin with stating the assumptions, which are required for the convergence of the states and introducing determinants of the long-term economic growth. Then I will try to enlighten the neoclassical model of economic growth and sketch how much time the convergence could take. In the empirical part I will try to test the theory on the real data. I will try to clarify eventual disagreement of theory and real world and to draw a conclusion. All of this especially with stress of comparing the Czech Republic and Germany. |
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