The Chinese position as a global player in international comparison with the WTO members: Efficiency analysis and 4IR

During the last quarter-century, globalisation processes affected changes in the world economy in the form of intensifying competition in the international and internal markets. The result is the creation of a global marketplace that is mostly indifferent to national borders and governmental influences. This development has generated widespread interest in competitiveness. Competitiveness affects international relations, especially nowadays, given the changing position of the global leaders and the growth of new economic powers such as China. China has come a long way and has the opportunity to be a global leader in several required fields that will be the cornerstones of global growth in the next decades. Led by China, emerging economies are increasing their share in the worldwide economy and intensifying competition in nearly all sectors. It creates new threats and challenges for players in the global economy, and growing competitiveness must be efficient. The article evaluates the Chinese competitiveness in comparison with the World Trade Organization members by the Data Envelopment Analysis in the pre-in-post crisis period and considering the Fourth Industrial Revolution shifting humanity into a new phase.Web of Science6148

Parametric families for the Lorenz curve: an analysis of income distribution in European countries

The European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) is the main source of information about living standards and poverty in the EU member states. We compare different parametric models for the Lorenz curve (LC) with an empirical analysis of the income distributions of 26 European countries in the year 2017. The objective of our empirical study is to verify whether simple mono-parametric models for the LCs can represent similarities or differences between European income distributions in sufficient detail, or whether an alternative, more sophisticated multi-parametric model should be used instead. In particular, we consider the power LC, the Pareto LC, the Lamè LC, a generalised bi-parametric version of the Lamè LC, a bi-parametric mixture of power LCs and the recently introduced arctan family of LCs. Whilst the first three families are ordered, in that different parametric values correspond to a situation of Lorenz ordering, the latter three may also identify the ambiguous situation of intersecting LCs. Therefore, besides focusing on the goodness-of-fit of the models considered and their mathematical simplicity, we evaluate the effectiveness of multi-parametric models in identifying the non-dominated cases

Nonparametric approach to evaluation of economic and social development in the EU28 member states by DEA efficiency

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology is used in this study for a comparison of the dynamic efficiency of European countries over the last decade. Moreover, efficiency analysis is used to determine where resources are distributed efficiently and/or were used efficiently/inefficiently under factors of competitiveness extracted from factor analysis. DEA measures numerical grades of the efficiency of economic processes within evaluated countries and, therefore, it becomes a suitable tool for setting an efficient/inefficient position of each country. Most importantly, the DEA technique is applied to all (28) European Union (EU) countries to evaluate their technical and technological efficiency within the selected factors of competitiveness based on country competitiveness index in the 2000-2017 reference period. The main aim of the paper is to measure efficiency changes over the reference period and to analyze the level of productivity in individual countries based on the Malmquist productivity index (MPI). Empirical results confirm significant disparities among European countries and selected periods 2000-2007, 2008-2011, and 2012-2017. Finally, the study offers a comprehensive comparison and discussion of results obtained by MPI that indicate the EU countries in which policy-making authorities should aim to stimulate national development and provide more quality of life to the EU citizens.Web of Science122art. no. 7

Assessment of efficiency in Visegrad countries and regions using DEA models

This paper applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methods to evaluate the performances of Visegrad Four (V4) countries and their NUTS 2 regions. It analyses the degree of efficiency achieved in individual countries and regions of V4, which is perceived as a reflection of the development potential in the reference period 2000–2010. The theoretical part of the paper is devoted to the fundamental bases of efficiency analysis in the context of performance theory and the methodology of the DEA method. The empirical part measures the effectiveness of the four countries and 35 NUTS 2 regions using six selected DEA models. When applying the DEA method in the analysis, we use selected indicators of inputs and outputs, which are part of the EU's growth strategies. Using the DEA method for efficiency evaluation is preferable because it evaluates a set of factors that determine the degree of economic development. The DEA method is based on the inputs and outputs of used indicators and it evaluates how efficiently countries and regions are able to transform their inputs into outputs. Therefore, the efficiency of countries and regions can be considered to be a mirror of performance. Each country and region is ranked in terms of its effective and ineffective economic positions within V4. The final part of the paper offers a comprehen-sive comparison of the results obtained using the selected DEA models, namely the CCR model, BCC model and SBM

Hodnocení konkurenceschopnosti regionů České republiky v kontextu Lisabonské strategie

Evaluation of regional competitiveness is issue constantly in the forefront of economic science, which lacks a mainstream approach. The paper examines and analyses regional competitiveness of the Czech Republic by selected structural indicators of the European Union. Theoretical background of the paper set out the methodological concept and thesis of regional competitiveness, focusing on the possibility of measuring, and the methodology of EU Structural indicators system, which is used for the evaluation and the attainment of the objectives of the Lisbon strategy. The empirical part of the paper analyses the level of regional competitiveness of the Czech Republic through selected statistical and scaling methods in the case of 6 selected regional structural indicators

Comparison of the Bilateral Trade Flows of the Visegrad Countries with China

China’s economic miracle resulted in the fact that it is currently one of the largest economy and exporter in the world. Other states try to develop trade and investment relations with China because they see a big potential for their products in the Chinese market with an increasing middle-income group. This chapter is focused on the trade relations that are carried out among some Member States of the European Union and China. The object of the chapter is to show the main facts and trends in the foreign trade of the Visegrad countries with China and to compare their trade structure in the period 1995–2014. The description of the institutional framework of the trade relations among the listed countries and the analysis of the data about their bilateral trade showed that the V4 countries achieved a negative trade balance with China in the previous period, and the possibility to change it is practically very low because of the low level of their trade complementarity. From this aspect, another form of trade relations will apparently have to be developed, although the economic structure and other factors can play an important role in this case

How well do we know the issue of resilience? Literary research of current levels of knowledge

Economies have always been sensitive to certain types of shocks in the past. This article deals with the growing importance of resilience and the development of this concept connected with regional development and emphasises its significance for the 4.0 generation and smart specialisation. In addition to the 4th lndustrial Revolution, it is necessary to mention the current topic, which is directly related to the concept of resilience and is, to some extent, behind its revival, i.e., COVID-19. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the resilience topic is gaining prominence, and its importance is growing. The COVID-19 crisis shows how it has reduced the resilience of key systems to shocks and allowed failures to cascade from one system to others. A systemic approach based on resilience must be proposed to prepare socioeconomic systems for future shocks. The European Union is no exception and it must, therefore, accept strategies oriented on resilience.Web of Science12421

XXV. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách

Title in English: 25th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences: Conference proceedings The conference proceedings consists of papers presented at the 25th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences that was organized by Department of Regional Economics and Administration FEA MU. It contains 57 articles arranged by topic. The individual articles deal with e.g. socioeconomic disparities among regions, regional policy, territory attractiveness, tourism, or regional public administration

XXIV. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách

Title in English: 24th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences: Conference proceedings. The conference proceedings consists of papers presented at the 24rd International Colloquium on Regional Sciences that was organized by Department of Regional Economics and Administration FEA MU. It contains 79 articles arranged by topic. The individual articles deal with e.g. socioeconomic disparities among regions, regional policy, territory attractiveness, tourism or regional public administration

Use of the EU Structural Aid in the Agriculture Sector of the Czech Republic

Import 29/09/2010Využívání a čerpání finančních prostředků určených na Společnou zemědělskou politiku Evropské unie představuje pro Českou republiku jednu z klíčových příležitostí, jež nabízí členství v Evropské unii. Cílem diplomové práce je objasnění procesu evaluace pomoci EU v ČR v oblasti zemědělství v minulém a současném programovacím období. První část práce se zabývá základní charakteristikou Společné zemědělské politiky EU, jednotlivými hlavními reformami a popisem zemědělského sektoru EU a ČR. Druhá kapitola se věnuje postavení českého zemědělství v EU, jeho vývoji, evaluaci a postupu čerpání strukturální pomoci EU v podmínkách ČR v období 2004-2006. Třetí část mapuje pokrok v průběhu čerpání pomoci EU v ČR v programovacím období 2007-2013, skutečnou podobu dnešní zemědělské politiky ČR v návaznosti na aktuální dění ve světě a možnou budoucnost českého zemědělství.Utilization and financial drawing of funds allocated to the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the Czech Republic (CR) presents one of the key opportunities offered by membership of the EU. The aim of the diploma thesis is to clarify the process of evaluation of EU assistance in the CR in agriculture in last and present programming period. The first part of the thesis describes the basic characteristics of the EU CAP, the most important reforms and agriculture sector of the EU and CR. The second part focuses on a position of Czech agriculture in the EU, its development and deals with evaluation and drawing process of EU structural aid in terms of agriculture sector of the CR in programming period 2004-2006. The third part shows the general progress during the drawdown of EU aid in the CR in programming period 2007-2013, description of current state of the CR agricultural policy following actual happening in the world and possible future of Czech agriculture.120 - Katedra evropské integracevýborn