Journal of Economics - Obsahy ročníkov

Paper argues the need to define the State as a dynamic historically conditioned phenomenon and identifies the key milestones of its qualitative changes. In the light of its inconsistent development paper justifies long-term trend of modernization as an adaptation which responds to historical changes, so that there is a positive shift of civilization. Essential feature of the state modernization is its increasing and innovating commitment in the economy and society. Keywords: state – historically determined phenomenon, social state, social models of state, state modernization, global crisis JEL Classification: H70, P17

Unrenewed energy resources and their prices are more and more important factor of the global economy and national economies growth. Taxation of the energy products and their impact on the energy prices are reflecting in competitiveness of producers, individual branches, their profitability, creation of sources for investments, for innovations and also for creativity. The paper is signalizing the potential structural impacts of taxes/prices of energy inputs on the price competitiveness of customer branches in the Slovak Republic. There is input-output price model as the basic methodological approach used in this paper. Keywords: price, taxes, competitiveness, input-output analysis, elasticity JEL Classification: C13, C51, C67, D40, D57, E62, H21, H32

The objective of this paper is to quantify the impact of selected scenarios of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget reduction on the macroeconomic equilibrium of the Czech economy with the use of a dynamic general equilibrium model. The findings show that in the short term, a reduction in direct payments (1st pillar) is more harmful for the economy than the removal of investment sub-sidies (2nd pillar); this is completely reversed in the long term, in which the removal of investment subsidies leads to a considerably stronger decline in economic growth. Keywords: CGE model, CAP, EU budget, scenario, GDP, the Czech Republic JEL Classification: D50, Q10

The paper describes two evolving qualitative methods of socioeconomic research – the analytic narrative conceptualized by R. Bates and his colleagues and the institutional analysis developed by E. Ostrom – and introduces their pilot application within the field of the environmental protection in the Central European dimension. Authors of the paper defend these methods as consistent approaches that can be applied next to the traditional neoclassical quantitative analysis, especially when the collective decision making about the allocation of public or common-pool resources are in the center of the research agenda. Keywords: qualitative methods, analytic narrative, institutional analysis, environmental protection JEL Classification: Q00, B25, H41

Each stage of the development has its own characteristics. Prominent feature of current development is influenced by the globalization process and the subsequent pressure on structural changes in the operating area of production, investment and trade, development of capital resources and methods for using them. Positive reflection of the trend of liberalization of the movement of industrial capital, an adequate level of responsiveness to its acquisition and localization in specific territorial conditions and the building of industrial parks. The purpose of scientific paper is to bring their history in the world and the Slovak Republic, to highlight their role in creating conditions for building economic relations with major investors, foreign investment and in particular reducing unemployment by creating new jobs. Keywords: industrial parks, employment, economic growth, capital resources, brownfields, greenfields JEL Classification: A10, A14, R21, R31