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Volume 8 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)

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Volume 8 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)

Understanding the Different Dimensions of Human Dignity: Analysis of the Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia on the »Tito Street« Case

Petra Kleindienst
In 2011, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia made a historical decision on the ‘Tito street’ case, thereby placing human dignity at the centre of the constitutional order. A few years later, some related doubts not resolved by the Constitutional Court remain. For instance, the Court argues that an exhaustive a priori definition of...
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Volume 8 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)

Gaar As Tax Treaty Override – Slovak Perspective

Andrea Koroncziová, Matej Kacaljak
The article summarises the views on the interrelation of GAARs and tax treaties, abstracts defining criteria for the feasibility of GAAR as an anti-abuse instrument in tax treaty situations and applies these to the situation (legislation and case law) in the Slovak Republic. The aim of the article is to provide insight on the potential...
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Volume 8 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)

Transparency in Economic and Political Decision-Making: The Identification of Sunshine Rules for Transparent Lobbying

Šárka Laboutková, Petr Vymetal
Lobbying transparency seems to have been a challenging topic for nearly a decade. For the purposes of the article, the authors focus on a contextual analysis of rules and measures that offers both a broad as well as comprehensive view of the required transparency of lobbying activities and the environment in which decisions are made. In this regard...
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Volume 8 (2017): Issue 3 (September 2017)

Application of Window Malmquist Index for Examination of Efficiency Change of Czech Commercial Banks

Iveta Palecková
The aim of the paper is to apply the Window Malmquist index approach to examine the efficiency change of Czech commercial banks within the period 2004-2013. We used the Data Envelopment Analysis and theWindow Malmquist index approaches to estimate the efficiency change of Czech commercial banks. The average efficiency computed under the assumption...
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