HAVLÍČKOVÁ, M., Dynamics of the comparative advantages in Slovak exports com-pared to the European Union. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno. 2017. The thesis deals with the evaluation of the development of Slovak exports in rela-tion to the changes that occurred after theaccession of the Slovac Republic to the EU or as a result of the crisis in 2008 and 2009 The data analysed in this thesis come from the website of the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic and Eurostat. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the dynamics of comparative advantages of the Slovak economy in terms of export some groups of products according to the classification SITC1 compared to the countries of the European Union using gravity model and regression analysis.

This diploma thesis is occupied with the issue of the partnership between the European union and countries of the Caribbean Community. Expressed precisely, this analysis is focused on the Economic Partnership Agreement as a particular development cooperation instrument of the Union, which demonstrated new form of adjustment mutual economic relations, based on the reciprocity in comparison with previous agreements. This agreement can be perceived as a strategy for economic growth and the successive development of the Caribbean region states through the encouragement trade and investment flows between these regional players. This thesis offers the analysis and then an evaluation of the selected economic indicators, through which it is monitored efficiency of this agreement in reality compared with the period of time without its existence.

This thesis investigates application of the gravity model of international trade on measuring a distance coefficient, which is known to be a proxy to globalization. This estimation is performed on a dataset containing information on EU 27 countries through the years 1996 to 2014. The presence of 10 post- communist countries enabled the author to perform the estimation on transformative economies, which had been isolated from their western trade partners for over 40 years. The division of the dataset into the Western and Eastern Blocs enabled measurement of convergence of the intra-blocs trade - the second goal of this thesis. This measurement was done through newly introduced intra-blocs trade variables that enabled measurements of both directions of trade. Through the application of this model on 10 sections, these measurements could be performed on single trade components. The analysis shows a substantial heterogeneity between single sections both in distance coefficient and inter-blocs trade. An increase in the level of globalization was observed in 9 out of 10 sections and convergence of some sections between the blocs was also found. Finally, globalization was found to progress with varying speed within single SITC sections during periods of economic crises. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Práce se zaměřuje na vývoj zahraničního obchodu eurozóny od zavedení společné měny do roku 2006. Je přitom hodnocen vývoj jak vnějšího, tak i vnitřního exportu a importu členských států. V práci jsou nejprve zhodnocena teoretická východiska shrnující základní poznatky o Teorii optimálních měnových zón R. A. Mundella, obohacené o příspěvky Ronalda I. McKinnona a Petera B. Kenena. Zmíněna je i teorie endogenity optimálních měnových zón. Druhá část práce je věnována shrnutí hlavních přínosů, nákladů a potencionálních hrozeb vyplývajících z členství v měnové unii. Poslední část práce se pak věnuje již samotnému exportu a importu eurozóny. Nejprve je zhodnoceno postavení eurozóny na světových trzích, poté je zachycen vývoj jejího vnějšího obchodu. Zde je zvláštní kapitola věnována obchodním partnerům eurozóny a produktové struktuře jejího obchodu. Poslední kapitola celé práce se zaměřuje na vývoj vnitřního obchodu eurozóny. V práci jsou též uvedeny závěry několika analýz zkoumajících vliv členství v měnové unii na zahraniční obchod členských států. Přínosy jsou hodnoceny jak pro eurozónu jako celek, tak i pro jednotlivé členské státy.

The main aim of this dissertation is to provide evidence on the development of bilateral trade relations related to manufacturing industry between Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia and the old Member States of the EU (EU 15/EU 25) through focus on the intra-industry trade phenomenon during the period delimited by years 1995, 1999, 2004 and 2007. Based on data from Eurostat Easy Comext database classified according to the Standard International Trade Classification (Rev.3), Grubel-Lloyd indices are computed at the level of 3-digit and 1-digit manufacturing industries (SITC 5, 6, 7, 8) and thereafter aggregate to the level of manufacturing sector as a whole (SITC 5 - 8). Consequently, Greenaway, Hine and Milner methodology is used for disentangling intra-industry trade into its horizontal and vertical components (the latter being further separated into low quality vertical intra-industry trade and high quality vertical intra-industry trade) on the basis of unit value indices. The results show that the share of intra-industry trade in total trade between the countries in focus is increasing during the complete period in all countries and all sectors with SITC 6, 7 and 8 clearly inclining to intra-industry specialization. Altogether, the predominant specialization in high quality vertical IIT is presented, implying so far only slowly advancing convergence steps of the new Member States towards the path of the initial Members of the EU.

A topic of this thesis is B2B online in a travel agency. The aim of this thesis is based on an analysis of trade relations between a travel agency and tour operators in the online environment to evaluate their functionality and to suggest possible improvements. The secondary aim is to see how the cooperation between the travel agency and suppliers works.

This thesis is focused on forestry economics and timber industry and present state of the Czech foreign commerce with raw food. Finally, there are determined critical factors, proposals and recommendations.

Underdevelopment of developing countries is in present one of the thorniest problems of the world. Economic globalisation brings about increasingly deeper integration of world markets and increasing volumes of international trade. Multilateral trading system represented by the World Trade Organization (WTO) is one of the instruments that can, under certain circumstances, strongly contribute to economic progress of developing countries. The goal of the thesis is to reveal such circumstances and describe their coherence with the WTO and its predecessor the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Firstly, the thesis focuses on theoretical basis of international trade as an instrument of economic development. The thesis also describes possible imperfections of the theory specifically with regard to developing countries. Secondly, the role of the WTO in the process of liberalisation of international trade and its activities leading to reduction or elimination of the imperfections are described. The thesis shows that, on the known theoretical basis, it is possible for developing countries to gain from liberalisation of international trade on the multilateral basis. The thesis, however, also indicates that it is possible to achieve certain improvements in the existing system to the benefit of the developing countries and leading to their greater and more equitable involvement in the international division of labour.

Masters disertation entitled Brazil's Trade Policies offers a complex economic characteristics of the country, with a special accent on the external trade. The paper shows Brazil's external trade commodity and territorial structure, evaluates its external trade policies and also its position towards trade liberalization.

In the course of the 20th century the un-sustainability of international wildlife trade became apparent. European countries play a major role in wildlife trade. One third of total wildlife imports is destined to the EU which makes EU responsible for the protection of world wildlife and should motivate the EU to be a model in biodiversity protection. Regulation of wildlife trade in the EU is discussed in chapter 1. Trade in wildlife and its derivatives is among the most profitable branches of the international trade. Animals are traded in different forms. Birds are usually traded live (for the pet trade), mammals are traded for their fur, butterflies for their bodies, reptiles for their skins, the highest value is attained by trade in fish. In some categories (live birds, caviar) EU imports more than the rest of the world combined. The EU plays a major role as an importer in other categories as well. The magnitude, value and trends of international wildlife trade are discussed in chapter 2. Profitability of the wildlife trade, strong demand for some products and imperfect implementation of CITES result in the development of illegal trade. Illegal wildlife trade is dominated by organized criminal groups that also deal in drugs and human trafficking. Illegal wildlife trade is linked to severe risks and dangers to both the source country and the recipient. More on illegal wildlife trade in chapter 3. EU imports one third of all legally exported wildlife products. It is also the importer of a majority of illegal wildlife products. Having one of the highest standards of living and seeing that the care of environment cannot be limited by political borders, the author of this thesis concludes that it is logical and imperative that the EU engages in improvement of wildlife protection in less developed countries of the world. The last chapter deals with conservation of Cameroonian Dja Biosphere Reserve and with the attempt of large EU's environmental programs to improve conservation in Cameroon.