The Political Aspects of Financing of Municipalities in the Czech Republic

The diploma thesis is focusing on economy and financing of three small municipalities in the Pilsen region. Financing of small municipalities is the quite complex and current topic, also in the Czech Republic. The thesis is a comparative case study. The analyzed municipalities are the following: Kožlany, Žihle and Kozojedy. The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate the possibilities of given municipalities towards the influence of the economy and financing or the possibility to influence the amount of their income and costs. As a partial aim of this thesis is comparison and evaluation of the stance of mayors and other municipal representatives to the current model of financing of local governments and model of tax revenue. The thesis consists of two main parts. The theoretical part deals with a literary research, which defines basic conceptions referring to financing and economy of municipalities. The practical part is dedicated to basic characteristics of the compared municipalities, also the comparison all municipalities with the evaluation of the results obtained by the analysis