The doctorial thesis is focused on shadow pricing. The aim is to describe as complex and full description of the problem as possible. Briefly said, Shadow prices are prices of goods which would take a place on the efficient market, if such a market with the commodity existed. In the case of consumption benefits they in fact present monetary value of the utility increment resulted from additional consumption. They are basic information input into any socioeconomic evaluation. Research of shadow prices is underdeveloped in the Czech Republic. With respect to the fact the thesis contents description of basic theoretical concepts as well as list of attainable methods for shadow prices derivation. Main variables determining shadow prices (under condition of WTP, WTA and Social Opportunity Costs concepts) are the existed society welfare and social preferences. From this perspective if clear and evident that there would not be appropriate to use shadow prices conducted abroad for evaluation in the Czech economy. Each state has its own level of welfare as well as specific social and ethical values widespread among citizens and so specific shadow prices as well. Not just shadow prices them self are not simply applicable for evaluation in each country. Similar problem we have to face, if we try to use the same methods of deriving shadow prices in different areas. That is why the thesis also serves critical analysis of attainable methods and their assessment. Based on the assessment is stated, what methods are more or less appropriate and under which condition in the Czech area. In principal should shadow prices reflect Social Opportunity Costs of input usage for evaluated changes and Willingness to Pay of the society for the outputs of evaluated changes (or alternatively Willingness to Accept) with no respect to the fact if the good (or output or input) is market good or nonmarket good. Even though we differentiate in the methodological level between market and nonmarket good the theoretical and conceptual background is the same. The background is rooted in the neoclassical economics. For the practical reasons as a analyst time and budget constrain it is not too efficient in evaluation of marketed goods always perform deep empirical market analysis from primary data even though it would be theoretically ideal and correct. Fortunately we are usually not forced to do it. In majority of cases we can follow LMST methodology of shadow prices and derive so called Conversion Factors for transformation of market prices to shadow prices. The Conversion factors are usually derived for wider group of goods which is sold in the similar market. Such values we call Sector Conversion Factors. A Shadow price of an individual unique good we than receive by its market price multiplication by most appropriate sector conversion factor. With respect to current Czech evaluation practice situation, when sector conversion factor are very often used but their estimates are more less based on very poor quality of underlying theory and very often without sufficient data background, the quantification of SCF in the theses could be viewed as quite significant contribution. With respect to their specific characteristics nonmarket good as safety (VSL), time, noise, etc. should be valued separately. And the thesis is offering at least methodological contributive guidelines regarding theoretical validity and relevance as well as assessment of their applicability under Czech condition. For better imagination there is collected sample of results of selected externality values for foreign countries.

This thesis deals with the economic and environmental problems of biofuels in the Czech Republic and abroad. The goal is retrieval and analysis of economic studies that address economic and environmental impacts associated with the introduction of biofuels policy. Individual economic studies on the environment that are at work that are evaluated by using biofuels policy of macroeconomic and microeconomic models. Results of studies show that the introduction of biofuels policy creates economic and environmental impacts such as deforestation, environment, prices, employment and competitiveness of farmers.

The thesis is focused on ecosystem services provided by urban green areas. The aim is to evaluate the public's awareness of the cultural ecosystem services of urban green areas. The review deals with the concept of ecosystem services and their classification, evaluation and measurement. Furthermore, they are characterized by concept of urban green areas, principle of willingness to pay and contingent valuation method. Then there is the work that contains methodological basis and analysis of the socioeconomic profile of the respondent further evaluated questionnaire aimed at public awareness of the cultural ecosystem services of urban green areas. Following the evaluation of the questionnaire are in discussion compared the results with other international studies.

The diploma thesis is focused on smartphones and user product reviews. The purpose of the diploma thesis is to establish a link between user product reviews and their willingness to buy the product. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with consumer behavior, brands, willingness to buy a product and user product reviews. In the practical part there is a research demonstrated. The research is applied on a target group of czech consumers in the age from 16 to 24. In the last part of the thesis there is an evaluation and some recommendations. These recommendations can help to realize the key aspects which influence the customers willingness to buy the product.

The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the market and non-market function of suburban forests of the city of Brno. The first step is to follow the net income school approach, for calculation of their values are used the accounting data from the two mentioned companies. Subsequently, market values according Šišak methodology are valued based on the volume of sales coming through the market. The accounting data of the enterprise Lesy města Brna a. s. and the company Školní lesní podnik Masarykův les Křtiny were also used to evaluate market values of forest. The nonmarket functions of the forest in this thesis were evaluated mainly hygienic functions, namely recreational. Potential valuation methods and travel expenses methods were used for their valuation. The basis of the evaluation was the implementation of a questionnaire survey in the chosen Kohoutovický les (suburban forest of the city of Brno). It was found that more than 60% of visitors would not be willing to pay for entry into the forest to be surveyed. The average value of willingness to pay for a hypothetical entry fee was set at 24.33 CZK. These values are comparable to other surveys conducted within the Czech Republic. The average travel cost to the monitored place was CZK 13 with an average offset distance of CZK 5.53. The actual costs of companies directly related to forest recreation were also quantified. The need to compensate forest owners for increased costs due to the law of free forest entry and the possibility of collecting fruits for their own consumption was highlighted.

Katrincová, L. Diploma thesis. Willingness to pay for environmental savings. Brno: Mendel University, 2019. This thesis deals with the determination of the willingness to pay (WTP) for envi-ronmental saving in enterprises in the Czech Republic, using the so-called Contin-gent valuation method. Determination of WTP works with a hypothetical situation where there are environmental savings presented in the form of “ecological” ma-chine, which has lower CO2 emissions. Significant regressors affecting WTP are: the age and gender of the respondent, the size of the enterprise, and the variable that expresses whether an enterprise is willing to pay to protect the environment beyond the statutory duty. An estimate of the willingness to pay for 1 tonne of CO2 is about 12 700 CZK. The main motives for pro-environmental behavior are: the moral aspect and the sense of responsibility for the state of the environment, a better image of the enterprise, the competitive advantage and the consequence of pressure from business partners or customers.

The thesis is focused on ecosystem services provided by Protected Landscape Areas (LPA). The aim is to evaluate the willigness to pay for ecosystem services, which are provided by nature. The review deals with the concept of ecosystem services and their classification, evaluation and other context. Furthermore, there are characterized key concepts as principle of willingness to pay and contingent valuation method. Practical part of this thesis contains information about methodology and analysis of the socioeconomic profile of the respondent and the main part is focused on the evaluation of the questionnaire which was realized in the LPA Moravian Karst.

The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how Syrian Refugee Crisis have become a global issue, what was the background, recent effects on European Union and Turkey. Thesis has been divided into several chapters. Literature overview chapter of the thesis has examined historical evolution of asylum, migration and refugee related theories, and it also has discussed the living conditions of Syrian refugees in both EU and Turkey, Turkeys wish to join EU, and it has questioned that if the refugee agreement was good solution about both joining EU and prevention of refugee fleeing to Europe. Hypotheses have been tested in results chapter. They were about willingness and living conditions. They have been tested by 2 different opinion surveys which were asked to EU and Turkish nationals. To statistically confirm the hypotheses, Chi square analysis has been used. Further, discussion, recommendations and conclusion have concluded the thesis.

The goal of the work is to provide monetary valuation of changes in visual aspects of the landscape as a result of construction of an additional wind turbine in the village Maletín. For a suitable method for achieving the goal is being selected the contingent valuation method. A key element of this method is being considered the carefully compiled questionnaire, on which basis is made the quantification and evaluation of collected data. The representative sample consists of 112 households and the selected payment method is the increase of the monthly bill for electricity. The questionnaire reports that 54.3% of households consider the impact of wind turbines on the landscape Maletín to be positive. With the construction of additional wind turbine agree less than 74.3% of households and the most common reason is to obtain grants for the village and to produce cleaner energy from wind turbines. With the construction of new wind turbine while increasing monthly bill agrees 28.6% of all households living in the village Maletín. Estimation of changes in a welfare, thus improving the quality of the environment, is based on estimated central values, that has been calculated from selected characteristics and nonparametric estimation. The average household's willingness to pay for construction of wind turbine is estimated to be between 77 CZK - 200 CZK per month.

This study uses logistic regression to estimate the probability of choosing the brand-name drug despite the presence of cheaper generics given patient and drug characteristics in the Czech pharmaceutical market in the period 2009-2013. Results of the analysis may help guide policies to decrease pharmaceutical costs. In order to motivate people who are more likely to choose the original version of drug, policy makers may impose higher copayments and lower subsidies on the original drugs which they use. Additionally, two supplementary analyses were applied to sub-sectors of the pharmaceutical market: antihypertensive drugs and antibiotics. Fixed effects logistic regression is employed to test the robustness of the results.