Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [113]-115).

A main focus of this thesis is a relationship between government debt and rating of a respective country. The first chapter forms a theoretical basis and deals with a general characteristics of rating for all economic subjects, introduction of the three most important rating agencies and last but not least with government debt. The theoretical part is followed by a description of government debt's development and rating of the Czech Republic. An application part of the thesis conducts a basic analysis of relationship between government debt and rating and subsequently the core analysis using a specific framework from a rating agency.

The General government debt development is very discussed and present topic nowadays. The worldwide bad situation caused by strong growth of the public debt is being worsened due to the present economic crisis. The main goal of this diploma is to analyze the development of the General government debt of all the member states of the European Union in the first decade of the 21. century, to evaluate the main aspects of the public debt and to predict its possible future development.

A partir do exame comparativo dos regimentos passados aos governadores-gerais Antônio Telles da Silva, em 1642, Jerônimo de Ataíde, em 1653, e ao mestre-de-campo general Roque da Costa Barreto, em 1677, o presente trabalho procura, em sua primeira parte, determinar e sistematizar as atribuições e competências do Governo-Geral no que se refere à administração do Estado do Brasil, buscando apresentar como a instituição se organizava, do ponto de vista formal.Na segunda parte, examina-se a prática administrativa dos referidos governadores, tendo por foco as questões relacionadas à defesa e conservação da América portuguesa, como também a sua exploração econômica. Objetiva-se, com isso, verificar as condições de governabilidade, a posição do governador-geral dentro da estrutura administrativa da América, sua interface com os grupos da sociedade e seus distintos interesses, possibilitando compreender seu efetivo funcionamento e sua penetração na sociedade. Pretende-se, dessa forma, apreender a aplicação das normas regimentais e sua recepção no corpo social, identificando, a partir da articulação entre a forma normativa, expressa nos regimentos, e a da prática administrativa, o alcance e os limites do poder da Coroa. / From the comparative examination of the regiments passed to the Governors General Antônio Telles da Silva, in 1642, Jerônimo de Ataíde, in 1653, and Field Master General Roque da Costa Barreto, in 1677, this paper aims at, in its the first part, determining and systematizing the duties and powers of the General Government in relation to the State administration of Brazil, seeking to present itself how the institution was organized from the formal point of view.The second part examines the administrative practices of those governments focusing on issues related to protection and conservation of Portuguese America, as well as its economic exploitation. The aim is, thus, verify the conditions of governance, the position of the Governor General within the administrative structure of America, its interface with society groups and their different interests, allowing to understand its effective operation and its penetration in society. The purpose is therefore to seize the application of procedural rules and its reception in the social body, identifying, from the articulation between the normative form, expressed in the regulations, and administrative practice, the scope and limits of the power of the Crown.

A partir do exame comparativo dos regimentos passados aos governadores-gerais Antônio Telles da Silva, em 1642, Jerônimo de Ataíde, em 1653, e ao mestre-de-campo general Roque da Costa Barreto, em 1677, o presente trabalho procura, em sua primeira parte, determinar e sistematizar as atribuições e competências do Governo-Geral no que se refere à administração do Estado do Brasil, buscando apresentar como a instituição se organizava, do ponto de vista formal.Na segunda parte, examina-se a prática administrativa dos referidos governadores, tendo por foco as questões relacionadas à defesa e conservação da América portuguesa, como também a sua exploração econômica. Objetiva-se, com isso, verificar as condições de governabilidade, a posição do governador-geral dentro da estrutura administrativa da América, sua interface com os grupos da sociedade e seus distintos interesses, possibilitando compreender seu efetivo funcionamento e sua penetração na sociedade. Pretende-se, dessa forma, apreender a aplicação das normas regimentais e sua recepção no corpo social, identificando, a partir da articulação entre a forma normativa, expressa nos regimentos, e a da prática administrativa, o alcance e os limites do poder da Coroa. / From the comparative examination of the regiments passed to the Governors General Antônio Telles da Silva, in 1642, Jerônimo de Ataíde, in 1653, and Field Master General Roque da Costa Barreto, in 1677, this paper aims at, in its the first part, determining and systematizing the duties and powers of the General Government in relation to the State administration of Brazil, seeking to present itself how the institution was organized from the formal point of view.The second part examines the administrative practices of those governments focusing on issues related to protection and conservation of Portuguese America, as well as its economic exploitation. The aim is, thus, verify the conditions of governance, the position of the Governor General within the administrative structure of America, its interface with society groups and their different interests, allowing to understand its effective operation and its penetration in society. The purpose is therefore to seize the application of procedural rules and its reception in the social body, identifying, from the articulation between the normative form, expressed in the regulations, and administrative practice, the scope and limits of the power of the Crown.

The goal of this thesis is focusing on analysis of fiscal arrangements that has been passed by the government in accordance with the public budget stabilization act, which should be proper reaction to improve bad development in public finance of the Czech Republic and in general government debt, which has been mainly caused by increasing of the mandatory social expenditures. After defining the main essence of the public finance theory, the work is focusing on quantify and evaluate the main effects of reform arrangements divided into three main parts, such as effects of taxation, effects of social sphere and effects of the health finance. The period of the concern of this analysis is the year of 2008, first year of reform arrangements validity. After evaluation, the next part of the interest is public deficit and the analysis of general government debt. The main aim is to define what are the basic factors, which affects the ratio of government debt on GDP nominal called as "relative ratio of government debt" The thesis also includes a few calculations of how the relative ratio could be if we change some of factors of determination of the model.

This thesis analyses connections and similarities of indebtedness between household sector and the general government sector in the Czech Republic. Following the definition of the influence of monetary and fiscal policy on indebtedness of both sectors this thesis analyses indebtedness of the household sector and the government sector in the Czech Republic and selected EU countries in the period 2000 -- 2012 in terms of its amount and structure.

This paper discovers the link between corruption and general government deficits in European countries. A short review of concepts such as agency theory and principal-agent problem is made. After introducing a simple model of corruption-deficit relationship, the correlation is tested by regression analysis for years 2003-2009. Besides the year 2008 (the first year of financial crisis) are the results significant on the 5% confidence level. The regression of means is significant on 1% confidence level. The deficits are statistical significantly correlated with the level of perceived corruption.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-180).

Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-180).