Bookmakers odds are an easily available source of ``prospective" information that is thus often employed for forecasting the outcome of sports events. To investigate the statistical properties of bookmakers odds from a variety of bookmakers for a number of different potential outcomes of a sports event, a class of mixed-effects models is explored, providing information about both consensus and (dis)agreement across bookmakers. In an empirical study for the UEFA Champions League, the most prestigious football club competition in Europe, model selection yields a simple and intuitive model with team-specific means for capturing consensus and team-specific standard deviations reflecting agreement across bookmakers. The resulting consensus forecast performs well in practice, exhibiting high correlation with the actual tournament outcome. Furthermore, the teams' agreement can be shown to be strongly correlated with the predicted consensus and can thus be incorporated in a more parsimonious model for agreement while preserving the same consensus fit. / Series: Research Report Series / Department of Statistics and Mathematics

Resumé Das Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit war die Zusammenfassung der bestehenden Rechtsregelung von dem Tarifvertrag und zugleich die Entwicklung der Rechtsregelung von den Tarifverträgen. Ich habe gleichzeitig auf die bestehende Rechtsregelung des Tarifvertrags hingewiesen, wie diese Regelung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland geregelt ist. In den ersten Teil meiner Arbeit habe ich mich mit der historischen Entwicklung von dem Kollektivarbeitsrecht zu der Analyse der bestehenden Rechtsregelung befasst. Der nächste Punkt war die Verankerung des Kollektivarbeitsrechts in der tschechischen Rechtsordnung, die von dem europäischen Recht und von den internationalen Verträgen, durch die die Tschechische Republik in diesem Gebiet gebunden ist, beeinflusst wird. Ich habe mich weiter mit dem einsamen Begriff von dem Tarifvertrag und mit den Begriffen befasst, die mit den Tarifvertrag zusammenhängen. Es geht vor allem über die Begriffe wie die Subjekte von den Tarifverträgen, was der Inhalt von Tarifvertrag sein kann, welche die gesetzliche Voraussetzungen für die Gültigkeit und Wirksamkeit des Tarifvertrags sind, die Speicherung des Tarifvertrags und die Bekanntmachung mit dem Inhalt der geschlossenen Tarifverträge. Am Schluss habe ich die Bedeutung der Tarifverträge für den heutigen Arbeitsmarkt versucht...

The purpose of this thesis is to deal with copyright law institutes which are applied in a theatre field. It is important to bear in mind that there is not special legal regulation of copyright law when it comes to the theatre field. The reason is most likely because of diversity within art, which is not easy to be covered by legal regulations. Also there is not enough space for theatre field as it is necessary in Czech copyright law. Another goal of this thesis is to provide audience from theatre field with information included in this work. That fact was also taken into account. Besides introduction and conclusion the thesis is devided into ten chapters. Firstly there is a list of theoretical terms which are essential for understanding the thesis and later there is analysis of specific institutes. Introducing chapter number two defines list of theoretical terms from both theatre and copyright law field. Only a few of them are explained for easier understanding of following chapters. Third chapter deals with license agreements, as it is essential term in copyright law field. Fourth chapter introduces contracts of work and consists of two subchapters. First subchapter provides information about contracts of work with intangible result which is base for second subchapter contract of ordered work. It...

Contractual acquisition of ownership of movable things: comparison of Czech and German legal regulation The aim of this thesis is to introduce and compare three main approaches towards acquisition of ownership of movable things, which are currently present on the European continent. For this purpose, three different civil codes are outlined, whereas each of them represents one possible approach. The question, which of these systems works the best, has already been thoroughly discussed at the European level. However, the Czech civil code of 2012 has decided not to follow the conclusion of these discussions and opted for a different approach. Since the Czech lawmaker does not provide a duly reasoned explanation as to why he has decided to adopt a different rule, this thesis aims to take a closer look at the reasons, which might have played a decisive role. The topic of this thesis is divided into the four parts. Chapter one is introductory and its purpose is especially to set out the essential terminology such as thing, ownership or acquisition thereof. Chapter two outlines the respective approaches towards acquisition of ownership of movable things. This chapter stepwise presents German Civil code, Czech Civil code of 1964 and Czech Civil code of 2012. Chapter three deals with the idea of...

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Author's Contract Law The aim of the thesis is to analyze legal regulation of license agreements within the legal branch of "droit d"auteur", or "author"s right". The main object of interest is typified license agreement, which serves as a standard contractual type to exercise authors" economic rights to their works. Recently issued Czech Civil Code shall become applicable on January 1, 2014. Unlike the currently applicable Civil Code, which leaves the regulation of license agreements to special acts, the new code includes provisions which regulate license agreements for the whole area of intellectual property, i.e. author"s right, as well as industrial property. This regulation is in line with a tendency to unite provisions that deal with license agreements, since a unification process concerning contract licenses within author"s right, has already happened with the enactment of the current authors" code in the year 2000. A comparative review of the current "droit d'auteur' and future civil regulations of author"s type license agreement takes a significant part of the thesis. Chapter 1 lists general principles and respective sources of law for further analysis. Chapter 2 deals with traditional civil and common law approaches to author"s right and copyright respectively and approaches existing...

The aim of this thesis called Arbitration Procedure in the Czech Republic is to characterize Arbitration in the Czech Republic, describe individual aspects of Czech Arbitration and outline highly discussed issues of recent months. This thesis called Arbitration Procedure in the Czech Republic is composed of nine chapters excluding the introduction and conclusion. Each of these chapters deals with different aspect of Arbitration Procedure. The first chapter contains definition of Arbitration Procedure, types of Arbitration, doctrines of Arbitration and enumeration of advantages and disadvantages of Arbitration Procedure. The second chapter summarizes the most important sources of law relating to Arbitration. Chapter 3 deals with one of the most important concepts of Arbitration, which is Arbitrability. Arbitrability is a characteristic of disputes that can be heard before Arbitrators or Arbitral Institutions. Positive and negative conditions of Arbitrability are described in this chapter as well. The fourth chapter focuses on Arbitration Agreement. Its definition and types are included in this chapter and it is also concerned with nature, content and the requirements of the Arbitration Agreement. T The fifth chapter concentrates on Arbitrators. It deals among other with conditions that Arbitrators...

An agreement on guilt and punishment The presented thesis deals with the relatively new institute of the criminal procedure, namely the agreement on guilt and punishment (hereinafter also referred to as "agreement") that was implemented into Czech law by an amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure, namely by the Act no. 193/2012 Sb., effective from 1 September 2012. The introductory chapter deals with a closer description of the agreement on guilt and punishment. The author presents first available definitions of the agreement and points up its questionable classification as one of the so called "deviations" from the regular criminal procedure. The thesis evaluates the harmonization of this institute with the basic principles of criminal procedure, the fulfilment of which is decisive for the typical character of the continental criminal procedure. In this chapter, the thesis also deals with the question whether the agreed sanction is capable of fulfilling the purpose of punishment as such. The second chapter of the thesis is focused on the prerequisites that are necessary for the prosecutor and the accused to be allowed to enter into the agreement on guilt and punishment. Further, the chapter elaborates on the negotiation process and legal requisites of the agreement. Last but not least, the...

1 Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate problems that arise in the transfer of ownership of real property using purchase agreement. The main reason for my research in this field is the undeniable importance of purchase transfer of ownership of real property and its economic significance. The thesis is divided into introduction and conclusion with five different chapters in between, each chapter dealing with a different characteristic or problem that might arise while concluding purchase agreement. Chapter One is introductory and defines purchase agreement on real property transfer in general and is subdivided into five parts. Part One describes historical evolution. Part Two deals with its modification in connection with Act No. 89/2012 Coll. (hereinafter "New Civil Code"). Part Three describes main characteristics of purchase agreement on transfer of real property. Part Four in its three sub-parts deals with essential requirements of purchase agreement on transfer of real property, which are subject, purchase price and identification of contracting parties. In all of the above mentioned parts, the thesis tries to provide the reader with possible solutions to risks and problems within the legislation and contractual changes. Chapter Two reviews preemptive right and additional arrangements. Is...

Diploma thesis summary The topic of my diploma thesis is Copyright legal protection of computer programs. The purpose of my thesis is to describe in basic features the current regulation of this item in Czech republic. This thesis is composed of twelve chapters, where the crucial part can be found in chapter ten and eleven. Introductory Chapter emphasizes necessity of copyright legal protection of computer programs. Next chapter summarizes efforts for definition of computer program and also includes reasons, why the exact literal definition is not very convenient. Third chapter defines basic terminology, that we can find crosswise copyright; it also enumerates requirements for the authors work to be under copyright legal protection. Following chapter contains an outline of international treaties and history of computer programs. Sixth chapter concentrates on the role of computer program in the area of copyright and helps to distinguish the difference between computer program and any other author's craft. Seventh and eight chapter provides information about creation and content of the copyright, which is followed by the list of exceptions of exclusive copyright law. The main aim of my thesis is based in the issues of licensing agreements in chapter n. 10 and 11. Penultimate chapter focuses on the...