STRANICKÉ FINANCOVÁNÍ A KRAJSKÉ VOLBY
POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR FINANCING AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS

Author(s): Vít Šimral
Subject(s): Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Evaluation research
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Regional elections; financing; Czech Republic; Chamber of Deputies; campaign;
Summary/Abstract: In the third chapter, Vít Šimral focuses on the regional elections in the context of party financing. His research details some rather interesting findings, including that the while party spectrum called for reforms in the system of party financing in the Czech Republic. Large as well assmall parties are faced with high costs of campaigns: parties elected to the Chamber of Deputies spent 5.85 billion Kč and took in 6.3 billion Kč inthe years between 2008 and 2012. As such, the majority of parties failed to create any financial reserves. They often conducted their activities with high rates of interest and overdrawn accounts, without which they would be unable to keep up with their opponents in the campaign.

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