E01 - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental AccountsNávrat zpět

This article builds on research published in the article "Fact and Fiction in EU Governmental Economics Data" (Rauch, Göttsche, Brähler, 2011). By exploring the possibilities of applying Benford's Law as a useful instrument for detecting data manipulation, this instrument is applied to the Czech Republic, particularly in the monthly data of exports and imports for the period 1996-2012, which make up the trade balance. We use the Z test as the test criterion and the first and second digits are tested. The primary aim of the article is to summarize the current theory regarding Benford's Law and the practical applications of this theory to the governmental macroeconomic data.

The main aim of this paper is to consider if it is the extensive or intensive growth sources which prevail in particular member states of the EU during the total productivity of production factors in different phases of the business cycle of the EU. The paper focuses on the period of 1996-2011, i.e. 16 years. The conducted analysis revealed that there is a relation between the extensive and intensive growth sources on the economic cycle. It was found that in economic growth periods, the importance of the intensive growth increases, while in the periods when the gross added value increases, the dominant role is played by the extensive growth. From the point of view of particular member states of the EU, the analysis identified that there are significant differences between the old member states of the EU and the new member states. In the new member states, the extensive growth factor has a significantly higher influence, which is related to the increase of their production capacity.