Tag Archives: economics

Macroeconomics (rigorózní zkoušky)

23 Oct

This document provides summarized answers to the Macroeconomics questions of the Rigorozní Řízení exam at the IES FSV UK (Institut ekonomických studií Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy). […]

Microeconomics (rigorózní zkoušky)

23 Oct

This document provides summarized answers to the Microeconomics questions of the Rigorozní Řízení exam at the IES FSV UK (Institut ekonomických studií Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy). […]

Microeconomics

28 Jun

This document provides summarized answers to the Microeconomics state exam questions at the IES FSV UK (Institut ekonomických studií Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy). […]

Corporate Governance

28 Jun

This document provides summarized answers to the Corporate Governance state exam questions at the IES FSV UK (Institut ekonomických studií Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy). […]

Macroeconomics

28 Jun

This document provides summarized answers to the Macroeconomics state exam questions at the IES FSV UK (Institut ekonomických studií Fakulty sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy). […]

Remittances: the service provider perspective

26 Apr

The thesis examines international remittances (i.e. cross‑border payments sent by migrant workers) from the perspective of existing or potential service providers. It explains their economic significance and impact, characterizes the consumers involved with remittances and their behavior, describes the remittance process, and classifies and compares remittance transfer mechanisms. It also analyzes global remittance flows and the consumers’ cost. Furthermore, it summarizes the results of remittance provision market research, selects and reviews representative examples of existing services, and identifies categories of providers. The thesis then evaluates the strategic positions of existing types of services, and identifies factors that should distinguish successful providers. Finally, it assesses the business opportunity for new technology providers.

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Credit cards in the Czech Republic: recent history and present

14 May

The number of credit cards issued and used in the Czech Republic is increasing quickly, and these figures are worth a closer inspection. […]

Costs and benefits of a monetary union

8 Mar

This paper surveys the literature on the costs and benefits of entering a monetary union. […]

Corporate governance after Enron: recommendation and legal responses

20 Feb

The fall of Enron and subsequent large corporate scandals provoked a relatively quick response from policy makers all over the world. […]

Retail electronic money and prepaid payment instruments

26 Apr

The thesis describes the concept of retail electronic money (also referred to as stored value), provides a brief evolutionary overview of prepaid electronic payment instruments, and tries to reconstruct the development process of the new payment methods. Four types of schemes that exist in the EU and the USA—multipurpose prepaid cards, prepaid dedicated accounts, person‑to‑person online payment services and mobile customer accounts—are described. Subsequently, an overview of current trends and future prospects is presented. In a more theoretical manner, the development of prepaid schemes is put into the broader perspective of the evolution of payment systems in general, and the process of innovation. Based on that, several conceptual barriers to their adoption are suggested. Finally, regulatory environments in the EU and the USA are described and compared. The thesis aims to analyze the current and potential trends and their implications for payment systems.

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