Smoking in restaurants: consumer sovereignty and market failure

Bachelor thesis aims to uncover the possible causes of market failure on the Czech market hospitality. By presenting several hypotheses is described by the behavior of the supply-side and demand-side, resulting in a discrepancy between existing high demand for smoke-free restaurants and lagging supply. Verifying the validity of these hypotheses using analysis of available research and own field research; thesis attaches the share on the form of the current situation to both sides, but also to their interaction. Behavior of customers provides distorted signals, so the owners are not sufficiently motivated to make a major step towards change