DANUBE archive

Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

Download issue
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

Growth Decomposition in the Socialist Czech Economy

Marek Soukup, Libor Žídek
Economic growth in centrally planned economies was declining with the duration of these economic systems. There were multiple reasons for this development. Deeper insight can be provided by dividing economic growth into extensive and intensive parts. The goal of this article is to estimate the share of extensive and intensive aspects of economic...
View full article
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

The Model of Degressive Taxation of Trucks: Case of the Czech Republic

Břetislav Andrlík, Michaela Podlasová
The article examines issues related to the design of road tax as an instrument supporting the operation of trucks that are more environment-friendly to the transport infrastructure. The Introduction presents analyses of road taxation in the European Union Member States, whose aim was to identify features supporting trucks that are eco-friendly with...
View full article
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

Data and E-commerce: An Economic Relationship

Libor Klimek, Rastislav Funta
In almost all sectors, online services play a much larger role than a few years ago. Data-driven platform models combine an ever greater degree of market power. The associated concentration effect leads to the displacement of medium-sized companies from the market. When looking at the large platforms of this new digital economy their success model...
View full article
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

VAT Gap Estimation and Influence of Selected Methods of Financial Administration on its Reduction

Lukáš Moravec, Jana Hinke, Monika Borsiczká
The aim of this contribution is to quantify the influence of selected methods on elimination of value added tax gap in the Czech Republic within the researched period 2015–2016. To find a possible share of influence of the VAT control statement on tax fraud following priority methods were set: VAT control statement invitation, initiatives from...
View full article
Volume 12 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)

The Role of Fiscal Decentralization in Municipal Budgets: Case of the Czech Republic

Břetislav Andrlík, Martina Halamová, Lucie Formanová
Immovable property tax is one of the key elements of fiscal decentralization in the Czech Republic. It is the only tax that is directed to municipal budgets in the full amount. It is also the only tax the total receipts of which can be influenced by municipalities by means of corrective features. Although the significance of immovable property tax...
View full article