Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1984. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-162).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (May 2, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

abstract: Informal finance in this paper refers to the financing activities of individuals or households to borrow money through channels other than formal financial institutions such as commercial banks. Using data from China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) conducted by Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) and the People's Bank of China, this paper employs Probit model to analyze the factors that may influence the financing needs of Chinese households and factors that influence their likelihood of obtaining loans from formal financial institutions versus from informal channels. Results show that household wealth, family structure, and household head’s characteristics are the major factors that influence their financing needs. Moreover, the results suggest that (a) richer families are more likely to obtain loans from formal financial channels while poorer families are more likely to do so from informal channels; (b) families with stronger social ties are more likely to obtain loans from formal financial channels, but this relationship is weaker in regions where the financial market is more competitive;and (c) the increase of formal financial services is positively related to the probability of households obtaining formal finance, but has no relationship with the probability of households obtaining informal finance. These findings have important implications for finance policy making. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2016

Dentro do tema mais amplo do financiamento político, os objetivos desta tese são explicar o surgimento, a disseminação e os efeitos do financiamento público de partidos e campanhas eleitorais. Um dos principais achados desta tese é a constatação de que o modelo de financiamento político varia em função do sistema eleitoral. Em países com sistemas majoritários há uma tendência à adoção de financiamento exclusivamente privado; por outro lado, é possível dizer que o financiamento público é uma característica dos países com sistemas proporcionais, tamanha a sua predominância nesses países no início do século XXI. Além disso, o tipo de financiamento público também varia de acordo com o sistema eleitoral: em sistemas proporcionais é mais presente um tipo de financiamento público que utiliza critérios alocativos baseados no tempo passado, que tende a propiciar uma perpetuação do status quo ante partidário. Em sistemas majoritários, ao contrário, quando existe financiamento público, geralmente são utilizados critérios alocativos baseados no tempo presente, cujo efeito sobre a competição eleitoral é menos pronunciado. Esses achados sustentam a hipótese de que o financiamento público é adotado em sistemas proporcionais como instrumento de restrição do mercado eleitoral em benefício dos partidos mais estabelecidos. / Within the ample theme of political finance, this dissertation aims to explain the emergence, dissemination and the effects of public or state financing of political parties and campaigns. One of the main findings of this dissertation is that models of political financing vary according to electoral systems. In majoritarian system countries there is a tendency towards the adoption of a purely private model of political financing, whereas it can be said that public financing is a feature of proportional system countries given its prevalence in such countries in early 21st century. Furthermore, types of public financing also vary according to electoral systems: proportional countries tend to utilize allocation criteria on the basis of a previous moment, leading to a perpetuation of the party system status quo ante. When there is public financing in majoritarian countries, the allocation criteria are usually based on present time, which has a less pronounced effect on electoral competition. These findings support the hypothesis that public financing is adopted in proportional countries as an instrument to achieve a restrictive effect on the electoral market, benefiting more established parties.

The goal of the work is to describe the development of high school education in the Czech Republic, specify the methods of financing and management of entrusted funds and the subsequent internal and external control system with application of theoretical background to the high school funded in the year 2007 by meeting of two secondary vocational schools. For analysis of the financial management financial statements of balance sheet and income statement are available for individual years 2005 {--} 2009. The largest share of the semi-budgetary organization revenues were grants. The most significant form of the self-financing of schools were sales of services. In the reference period organizations were self-sufficient and can be also evaluated as liquid with standard financial situation. Organization B showed better results, therefore it can be concluded that the merger would especially benefit the organization A to which the second organization joined.

This thesis focuses on issues connected to analysis of company financing of Lyckeby Amylex, a.s. The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyze sources of financing of company in two ways. First part of analysis focuses on use of company-wide finances within 10 consecutive seasons. As part of the analysis of company-wide financing, the ratios of utilization of equity and liabilities and internal and external sources are monitored. This part is followed by the analysis of financing of the selected investment that was implemented by company. Alternative financing methods of the selected investment are also evaluated under review. In the conclusion of the practical part the financing of the investment as well as its alternatives is evaluated using the EVA indicator, which determines whether the funds have been spent with added value.

Public financing of those two sports in Czech Republic is done through Czech squash association and Czech badminton association. Both those organizations are full members of Czech association of sports and also require money from Ministry of education. Those two organizations stand as main sources of finances from the public sources. I will focus on comparison of these two sports. Squash and badminton are very similar considering material, or financial side. Also the expansion of those sports in our country is more or less the same. From this point of wiew, they should also receive similar financial aid for the government. By detailed financial analyses I will try to confront both sports, differ their specifics and find out if the personal question is also playing a role. Probably the only difference between those two sports is the fact, that badminton is olympic sport, which gives it a chance to participate in programs, which are offered especially for sports that take part of the olympics. How much has this fact differ their evolution? I will find out, if badminton took advantage of this to benefit. Ministry of education and Czech sports association assign finance on behalf of certain conditions. The question is, how much these conditions influence the behavior of these associations. Must they adjust to them, or they work with them in complete synthesis and reach their goals. Only from the settings of the individual programs run by Ministry of education and Czech sports association is obvious, that it is almost impossible to satisfy both subjects.

This thesis deals with problems of the non-profit organizations in the field of sports, especially with the civil associations. Main aim of the thesis is to present possibilities of the financial sources which would provide for exercising the sport activities. Another objective is to prove that the sport organizations cannot get along without the public support. The theoretical part focuses on the brief characteristics of particular forms of the non profit organizations and closer considers possibilities of financing the civil associations in the sport area. The applied part targets the concrete civil associations which act in the field of sports. Right after the short characteristics is the main focus given to the financial sources which function is to secure the organization's activity. At the conclusion there is undertaken the analysis of its economy during four years.

The diploma thesis deals with the impacts of economic crisis on Czech companies and corporate financing. In the introduction there is a categorization of Czech corporates according to their economic size. The chapter also describes common features and differences between small and medium enterprises and large corporations. It summarizes the contribution of these companies to GDP and other macroeconomic indicators. Next part deals with the possibilities of corporate financing in Czech Republic, describes main advantages and disadvantages of different corporate financing types. The practical part is devoted to the impacts of current crisis on Czech corporates. It evaluates the implications of the crisis for different corporate financing types. It describes the effects of the crisis from the perspective of financial institutions, lists the steps taken by the State to fight the crisis and suggests possibilities for further development.

The subject of this thesis describes system of health service financing in the Czech Republic in connection to the actual situation. After introducing current problems there is an analysis of reformative efforts of system stabilization. The final part of the thesis is focused on the evaluation of reformative attempts and it is compared with selected health services in the Europe.