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1 KICES Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies Research Centre for East European Studies / Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen Publications on the Czech and Slovak Republics A quarterly bibliography (POC) An overview of recent English- and German-language academic publications on the Czech and Slovak Republics Politics... 1 Foreign and Security Policy... 2 Economic, Social and Environmental Issues... 3 POLITICS Appel, Hilary: Tax politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, regional integration, and the democratic compromise, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2011, ISBN: Bouckaert, Geert / Nakrošis, Vitalis / Nemec, Juraj: Public Administration and Management Reforms in CEE: Main Trajectories and Results, in: NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 2011 (Vol. 4), No. 1, pp Careja, R.: Paths to Policy Coherence to Create Market Economies in Central and Eastern Europe, in: International Political Science Review, 2011 (Vol. 32), No. 3, pp David, Roman: Lustration and transitional justice: Personnel systems in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011, ISBN: Fuka, Jan / D Ascoli Graziano, Alfredo: Extremist Scene in the Czech Republic and Italy, in: Scientific Papers of the University Of Pardubice, 2011 (XVI, No. 19, pp , Havlík, Vlastimil: A breaking-up of a pro-european consensus: Attitudes of Czech political parties towards the European integration ( ), in: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2011 (Vol. 44), No. 2, pp Kopecek, M.: The Rise and Fall of Czech Post-Dissident Liberalism after 1989, in: East European Politics & Societies, 2011 (Vol. 25), No. 2, pp Láštic, Erik: Slovakia restricted direct democracy in local politics, in: Schiller, Theo (ed): Local Direct Democracy in Europe, 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, ISBN: , pp

2 Mansfeldova, Zdenka: Central European Parliaments over Two Decades - Diminishing Stability? Parliaments in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia, in: The Journal of Legislative Studies, 2011 (Vol. 17), No. 2, pp Menzies, Catriona: Tracing the sign národ in political thinking in post-totalitarian Slovakia, in: Human Affairs, 2011 (Vol. 21), No. 1, pp Rydgren, Jens: A legacy of uncivicness? Social capital and radical right-wing populist voting in Eastern Europe, in: Acta Politica, 2011 (Vol. 46), No. 2, pp Smith, Michael L.: The uneasy balance between participation and representation: local direct democracy in the Czech Republic, in: Schiller, Theo (ed): Local Direct Democracy in Europe, 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, ISBN: , pp Smolík, Josef: Far right-wing political parties in the Czech Republic: heterogeneity, cooperation, competition, in: Slovak Journal of Political Sciences, 2011 (Vol. 11), No. 2, pp , Zubek, Radoslaw: Core Executives and Coordination of EU Law Transposition: Evidence from New Member States, in: Public Administration, 2011 (Vol. 89), No. 2, pp Ţúborová, Viera: Get Negative the Case of Offensive Campaign in 2010 Slovak Parliamentary Election, in: Slovak Journal of Political Sciences, 2011 (Vol. 11), No. 1, pp , TOP FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY Appel, Hilary: Tax politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, regional integration, and the democratic compromise, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2011, ISBN: Balabanova, E.: Media and foreign policy in central and eastern Europe post 9/11: in from the cold?, in: Media, War & Conflict, 2011 (Vol. 4), No. 1, pp Havlík, Vlastimil: A breaking-up of a pro-european consensus: Attitudes of Czech political parties towards the European integration ( ), in: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2011 (Vol. 44), No. 2, pp Zubek, Radoslaw: Core Executives and Coordination of EU Law Transposition: Evidence from New Member States, in: Public Administration, 2011 (Vol. 89), No. 2, pp Ferreira, P.: Monetary Integration in the European Union, in: Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 2011 (Vol. 10), No. 1, pp TOP 2

3 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Abrhám J.: Rural development and regional disparities of the new EU Member States, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 6, pp , Adarov, Amat / Tchaidze, Robert: Development of Financial Markets in Central Europe: the Case of the CE4 Countries, in: IMF Working Paper, May 2011, No. 11/101, Albulescu, Claudiu T.: Economic and Financial Integration of CEECs: The Impact of Financial Instability, in: AUCO Czech Economic Review, 2011 (Vol. 5), No. 1, pp , Anchor, John R. / Fišerová, Jana / Maršίková, Kateřina, et al.: Student expectations of the financial returns to higher education in the Czech Republic and England: Evidence from business schools, in: Economics of Education Review, 2011 (Vol. 30), No. 4, pp Appel, Hilary: Tax politics in Eastern Europe: Globalization, regional integration, and the democratic compromise, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2011, ISBN: Arratibel, Olga / Furceri, Davide / Martin, Reiner, et al.: The effect of nominal exchange rate volatility on real macroeconomic performance in the CEE countries, in: Economic Systems, 2011 (Vol. 35), No. 2, pp Åslund, Anders: Exchange Rate Policy and the Central and East European Financial Crisis, in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2011 (Vol. 52), No. 3, pp Asplund, Rita / Napari, Sami: Intangible Capital and Wages: An Analysis of Wage Gaps Across Occupations and Genders in Czech Republic, Finland and Norway, in: Keskusteluaiheita Discussion Papers, April 2011, No. 1248, Batory, Agnes / Cartwright, Andrew: Re-visiting the Partnership Principle in Cohesion Policy: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Structural Funds Monitoring, in: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 2011 (Vol. 49), No. 4, pp Broţová, I.: The economic performance analysis of organic farms in the Czech Republic, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 5, pp , Burianová, J.: Effect of the economic crisis on the results of agricultural foreign trade of the Czech Republic, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 5, pp , Cansino, José M. / Pablo-Romero, María del P. / Román, Rocío, et al.: Promoting renewable energy sources for heating and cooling in EU-27 countries, in: Energy Policy, 2011 (Vol. 39), No. 6, pp Červenková, E. / Šimek, P. / Vogeltanzová, T., et al.: Social Networks as an Integration Tool in Rural Areas Agricultural Enterprises of the Czech Republic, in: Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, 2011 (Vol. 3), No. 1, pp , 3

4 Cieślik, J. / Badach, E. / Krasnodębski, A.: Purposefulness of more intensive supporting milk production in conditions of dispersed agriculture of southern Poland, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 4, pp , Čitbaj, František: Greek Catholic Metropolitan Church sui iuris in Slovakia and Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic within the Current Catholic Canon Law, in: E-Theologos. Theological revue of Greek Catholic Theological Faculty, 2011 (Vol. 2), No. 1, pp , Cuaresma, Jesús Crespo / Eller, Markus / Mehrotra, Aaron: The Economic Transmission of Fiscal Policy Shocks from Western to Eastern Europe, in: Focus on European Economic Integration, No. Q2/11, pp , Damijan, Joze / Kostevc, Crt: Trade liberalisation and economic geography in CEE countries: the role of FDI in the adjustment pattern of regional wages, in: Post-Communist Economies, 2011 (Vol. 23), No. 2, pp Darvas, Zsolt: Beyond the Crisis: Prospects for Emerging Europe, in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2011 (Vol. 53), No. 2, pp Darvas, Zsolt: Exchange Rate Policy and Economic Growth after the Financial Crisis in Central and Eastern Europe, in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2011 (Vol. 52), No. 3, pp Dobbins, Michael: Explaining different pathways in higher education policy in Romania and the Czech Republic, in: Comparative Education, 2011 (Vol. 47), No. 2, pp Dočekalová, Marie / Straková, Juliana: The Influence of Eco-Labelling on Consumer Behaviour in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in: Ekonomika ir Vadyba, 2011, No. 16, pp , Dömeová, Ludmila / Zeipelt, Rudolf: Knowledge Needs in Rural Tourism in Czech Republic, in: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, 2011 (Vol. 5), No. 3-4, pp , Égert, Balázs: Catching-up and inflation in Europe: Balassa Samuelson, Engel's Law and other culprits, in: Economic Systems, 2011 (Vol. 35), No. 2, pp Fendel, Ralf / Frenkel, Michael / Rülke, Jan-Christoph: Ex-ante Taylor rules and expectation forming in emerging markets, in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2011 (Vol. 39), No. 2, pp Ferreira, P.: Monetary Integration in the European Union, in: Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 2011 (Vol. 10), No. 1, pp Hanousek, Jan / Kočenda, Evţen / Mašika, Michal: Financial Efficiency and the Ownership of Czech Firms, 4

5 in: Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg. Working Papers, Mai 2011, No. 300, Hanousek, Jan / Kočenda, Evţen / Mašika, Michal: Financial Efficiency and the Ownership of Czech Firms, in: William Davidson Institute Working Paper, May 2011, No. 1016, Hashi, Iraj / Stojcic, Nebojsa / Telhaj, Shqiponja: Innovation Activities and Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence on the Behaviour of Firms in the New EU Member States and Candidate Countries, in: CASE Network Studies and Analyses, 2011, No. 424, Havrylchyk, Olena: The effect of foreign bank presence on firm entry and exit in transition economies, in: BOFIT Discussion Papers, 2011, No. 11, Havrylchyk, Olena / Jurzyk, Emilia: Inherited or earned? Performance of foreign banks in Central and Eastern Europe, in: Journal of Banking & Finance, 2011 (Vol. 35), No. 5, pp Havrylchyk, Olena / Jurzyk, Emilia: Profitability of foreign banks in Central and Eastern Europe, in: Economics of Transition, 2011 (Vol. 19), No. 3, pp Hornungová, Jana / Klímková, Markéta: The Economic Impact of the Performance of Enterprise to the Level of Unemployment in the Czech Republic, in: Ekonomika ir Vadyba, 2011, No. 16, pp , Iimi, Atsushi: Effects of Improving Infrastructure Quality on Business Costs: Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in: The Developing Economies, 2011 (Vol. 49), No. 2, pp IMF: Czech Republic: Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation, in: IMF Country Report, April 2011, No. 11/83, IMF: Slovak Republic: 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report, in: IMF Country Report, June 2011, No. 11/12, Jankovic, Edward M.: The Financial Setting for FDI Inflows into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in: International Business Research, 2011 (Vol. 4), No. 3, pp , Jehlička, Petr / Smith, Joe: An unsustainable state: Contrasting food practices and state policies in the Czech Republic, in: Geoforum, 2011 (Vol. 42), No. 3, pp Jelínek, J. / Beran, K.: Why the Czech Republic Does not (Yet) Recognize Corporate Criminal Liability: A Description of Unsuccessful Law Reforms, 5

6 in: Pieth, Mark/ Ivory, Radha (eds): Corporate criminal liability. Emergence, convergence, and risk, 2011, Dordrecht ; New York: Springer, ISBN: , pp Kaminska, M. E. / Kahancova, M.: Emigration and labour shortages: An opportunity for trade unions in the New Member States?, in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011 (Vol. 17), No. 2, pp Katrňák, Tomáš / Kreidl, Martin / Kulhavý, Václav, et al.: Factors Influencing the Position of Young People on the Labour Market and Changes in Mobility Opportunities in the Czech Republic, in: Blossfeld, Hans-Peter/ Hofäcker, Dirk/ Bertolini, Sonia (eds): Youth on Globalised Labour Markets. Rising Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Employment and Family Lives in Europe, 2011, Opladen & Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich Esser, ISBN: , pp Kittler, Markus G. / Rygl, David / Mackinnon, Alex, et al.: Work role and work adjustment in emerging markets: A study of German expatriates in CEE countries and Russia, in: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 2011 (Vol. 18), No. 2, pp Knogler, Michael: Öffnung der Arbeitsmärkte zum 1. Mai 2011: Positive Effekte überwiegen, in: Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg, Kurzanalysen und Informationen, April 2011, No. 51, Kočenda, Evţen / Vojtek, Martin: Default Predictors in Retail Credit Scoring: Evidence from Czech Banking Data, in: William Davidson Institute Working Paper, April 2011, No. 1015, Komar, Ales / Dvorak, Jiri: Theoretical Issues of Food Chain Security and Case Studies in the Czech Army, in: Alpas, Hami/ Berkowicz, Simon M. M./ Ermakova, Irina (eds): Environmental Security and Ecoterrorism, 2011, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, ISBN: , pp Košak, Marko / orić, Jelena: Accounting for heterogeneity in cross-country bank efficiency comparisons, in: Economics of Transition, 2011 (Vol. 19), No. 3, pp Kupka, Petr / Šmíd, Tomáš: Czech Organized Crime: Structural Development and Activities of Czech Organized Crime, 2011 (Czech Journal of Political Science, No. 1, pp Labaj, Martin: Qualitative input-output analysis and national innovation system in Slovakia, in: International Journal of Transitions and Innovation Systems, 2011 (Vol. 1), No. 2, pp Lapka, M. / Cudlínová, E. / Rikoon, J.S, et al.: Rural development in the context of agricultural "green" subsidies: Czech farmers' responses, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 6, pp , Macháček, Ladislav: Slovak republic and its Hungarian Ethnic Minority: Sociological Reflections, in: Slovak Journal of Political Sciences, 2011 (Vol. 11), No. 3, pp , 6

7 Maysenhölder, Peter: Verkauf von Anteilen deutscher Anteilsinhaber an tschechischen Gesellschaften - Formerfordernisse und Möglichkeiten der Rechtswahl, in: Wirtschaft und Recht in Osteuropa (WiRO), 2011, No. 3, pp Michálek, Anton / Podolák, Peter: Impact of Key Socio-Economic Disparities on Migration in Slovakia: Economic Diversification vs. Traditional Pattern, in: European Spatial Research and Policy, 2011 (Vol. 18), No. 1, pp , Mikulec, J. / Antoušková, M.: Landscape and tourism potential in the protected landscape areas, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 6, pp , Mysíková, Martina: Personal Earnings Inequality in the Czech Republic, in: IES Working Paper: 11/2011, April 2011, No. 11/2011, Nurse, Lyudmila: Music in the Identities of Ethnic Slovaks in Hungary, in: Slovak Journal of Political Sciences, 2011 (Vol. 11), No. 3, pp , Onaran, O.: From transition crisis to the global crisis: Twenty years of capitalism and labour in the Central and Eastern EU new member states, in: Capital & Class, 2011 (Vol. 35), No. 2, pp Pacáková, Viera / Foltán, František: Analysis of the highest wages in the Slovak Republic, in: Scientific Papers of the University Of Pardubice, 2011 (XVI, No. 19, pp , Pavla, Jindrová: Trends in the Insurance Business in the Czech Republic, in: Scientific Papers of the University Of Pardubice, 2011 (XVI, No. 19, pp , Pekár, Martin: The State Policy and The Identity of the National Minorities in Slovakia in 20th Century, in: E-Theologos. Theological revue of Greek Catholic Theological Faculty, 2011 (Vol. 2), No. 1, pp , Petrík, Ľubomír: Presentation of the Preaching Activity in the Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia, in: E-Theologos. Theological revue of Greek Catholic Theological Faculty, 2011 (Vol. 2), No. 1, pp , Posp ch P., Sp šná D.: What is the importance of social capital in Czech agriculture? An analysis of selected components, in: Agricultural Economics em d lská Ekonomika), 2011 (Vol. 57), No. 6, pp , Prochazka, Petr: External Cost of Road Transport in the Czech Republic, in: International Advances in Economic Research, 2011 (Vol. 17), No. 2,

8 Read, Rosie: Humanising Healthcare: Volunteered caring and the free gift in Czech hospitals, in: Anthropology of East Europe Review, 2011 (Vol. 29), No. 1, pp , Rosicova, Katarina / Geckova, Andrea Madarasova / Rosic, Martin, et al.: Socioeconomic factors, ethnicity and alcohol-related mortality in regions in Slovakia. What might a tree analysis add to our understanding?, in: Health & Place, 2011 (Vol. 17), No. 3, pp Šauer, Petr / Vojácek, Ondrej / Klusák, Jaroslav, et al.: Chapter 6. Introducing Environmental Tax Reform: The Case of the Czech Republic, in: Ekins, Paul/ Speck, Stefan (eds): Environmental tax reform (ETR). A policy for green growth, 2011, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN: , pp Schnabl, Gunther / Ziegler, Christina: Exchange rate and wage policies in Central and Eastern Europe, in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2011 (Vol. 33), No. 3, pp Sik, Endre / Örkény, Antal: Slovaks in Hungary, in: Slovak Journal of Political Sciences, 2011 (Vol. 11), No. 3, pp , Šiška, Jan / Beadle-Brown, Julie: Developments in Deinstitutionalization and Community Living in the Czech Republic, in: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011 (Vol. 8), No. 2, pp Strouhal, Jiri ed): Harmonization of SME s Financial Reporting in Emerging CEE Countries: WSEAS Press, 2011, ISBN: , Syllignakis, Manolis N. / Kouretas, Georgios P.: Dynamic correlation analysis of financial contagion: Evidence from the Central and Eastern European markets, in: International Review of Economics & Finance, 2011 (Vol. 20), No. 4, pp Szalay, T. / Paţitný, P. / Szalayová, A., et al.: Slovakia: Health system review, in: Health Systems in Transition, 2011 (Vol. 13), No. 2, pp , data/assets/pdf_file/0004/140593/e94972.pdf. Szczepanikova, Alice: From the Right of Asylum to Migration Management: The Legal- Political Construction of 'a Refugee' in the Post-Communist Czech Republic, in: Europe-Asia Studies, 2011 (Vol. 63), No. 5, pp Temelova, J. / Novak, J. / Ourednicek, M., et al.: Housing Estates in the Czech Republic after Socialism: Various Trajectories and Inner Differentiation, in: Urban Studies, 2011 (Vol. 48), No. 9, pp Torlak, Elvisa: Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer The Case of the European Transition Countries and the Automotive Industry in the Czech Republic, PhD Thesis, 2010, Universität Hamburg, Ubreţiová, I.: Managing International Business: Case of Slovakia, in: Horská, E. (ed): European Studies on Intercultural Dimension of International Business: 8

9 Marketing and Managerial Consequences, 2011, Nitra: Slovak University of Agriculture, ISBN: , pp Václavíková, Markéta / Václavík, Tomáš / Kostkan, Vlastimil: Otters vs. fishermen: Stakeholders perceptions of otter predation and damage compensation in the Czech Republic, in: Journal for Nature Conservation, 2011 (Vol. 19), No. 2, pp Veld, Jan in 't / Roeger, Werner / Székely, István P.: Fiscal policy in the EU in the crisis: a model-based approach, in: CASE Network Studies and Analyses, 2011, No. 423, World Bank: Challenges to enterprise performance in the face of the financial crisis: Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Washington DC: World Bank, 2011, ISBN: , emčík, Petr: Is There a Real Estate Bubble in the Czech Republic?, in: Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2011 (Vol. 61), No. 1, pp , Ţídková, D. / Rezbová, H. / Rosochatecká, E.: Analysis of Development of Investments in the Agricultural Sector of the Czech Republic, in: Agris on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, 2011 (Vol. 3), No. 1, pp , TOP Koszaliński Instytut Europejskich Studiów Porównawczych Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies (KICES) Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen Please send your comments and relevant titles to: info@kices.org 9

10 KICES Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies and Research Centre for East European Studies, Bremen Quarterly Electronic Bibliographies The Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies and the Research Centre for East European Studies (Bremen) jointly produce quarterly bibliographies of recently published English- and German language books and articles in academic journals on several Eastern European countries. The bibliographies cover politics, foreign policy, economic and social issues. The following bibliographies are available as PDF-files per free of charge: Publications on Belarus. A quarterly bibliography Publications on the Caucasus and Central Asia. A quarterly bibliography Publications on the Czech and Slovak Republics. A quarterly bibliography Publications on Poland. A quarterly bibliography Publications on Russia. A quarterly bibliography Publications on Ukraine. A quarterly bibliography To subscribe, send an to: info@kices.org Please indicate which bibliographies you wish to receive. For an archive of back issues please visit KICES as a private foundation depends entirely on donations and project sponsors. We would be glad if you would like to support our work. Bank transfer: KICES, Account No. (IBAN) , Bank Zachodni WBK (Koszalin branch), Swift code SWIF WBK PPL PP XXX Postal delivery of international cheques: Koszalin Institute of Comparative European Studies (KICES) ul. Zielona 13/ Koszalin Poland 10

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