Dobývání renty v globalizované ekonomice

Abstract

The subject of this thesis is to analyze the globalized economic environment, which brings new opportunities for the rent-seeking. Not only nation states but also regions of the world are in fact forced to be as competitive, investment-attractive, or appealing, as possible. The theoretical part of this thesis is at first devoted to the development of political economics and the phenomenon of the rent-seeking. Then, this chapter focuses on globalization. The third chapter deals with the traditional functions of nation state in the confrontation of globalization and the effects of inversion of the role of the state and the business community. The result of this inversion is the states' participation in the competition for the favor of economic subjects. This fact brings a great opportunity for the rent-seeking. In the fourth chapter the investment attractiveness of the Czech Republic is evaluated.