Analýza dopadu současné hospodářské krize na hospodaření obcí (měst) v ČR

This thesis deals with public sector budgets and the impact of the current economic crisis on economic activities of cities and municipalities in the Czech Repbulic. The thesis compares two budgets, the budget of the city of Pilsen and the budget of the village of Šťáhlavy in the Pilsen Region. The aim of the thesis is to compare the impact of the economic crisis on a small municipality and a large city and particularly to make a comparison of how both of the entities have responded to the crisis and what has proved to be the biggest problem on the way out of the crisis. The first part of the thesis shows the position of the local government in the Czech Republic and its functions. General municipal economic activities are described with the focus on the structure of incomes and expenses and the most important factors that influence these items. One chapter is devoted to the economic crisis and problems that it has brought to local government units and the whole Czech economy. It offers a deeper insight into the local government debt. The analysis reviews the period since 2008 to the present. The main emphasis is put on the critical years 2009 and 2011 that are compared. The aim of the analysis is to evaluate the impact of the economic crises on the municipalities with regard to their size and to provide recommendations that would help to the municipalities to better overcome difficulties of the economic cycle in the future.