Determinants of horse pricing

Karolína Minhová

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The popularity of horses in past two decades is growing and from year 1993 in the Czech Republic were 18 792 horses and now the number of registrated horses is 77 082. Horses are nowadays usually used for a leisure time but over then 5000 horses are involved in equestrian competitions and according to Czech Equestrian Federation the number is year from year higher. In breeding 28% of horses are constitute to be a Czech warm blooded horse and it is the most widespread breed in the Czech Republic. On the second place there is English full blooded horse, which is mainly used for races. The most widespread group in the Czech Republic are horses without breed jurisdiction. This bachelor thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical part, which is based on practical literature that deals with history of horses, economic side of equestrian of recreational, show jumping and dressage horses, and usage of Hedonic price method in case of pricing horses. Practical part that is focused on the main determinants that can affect the price of a horse.

Keywords

horse, Hedonic price method, pricing, economics, equestrian

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 13. 3. 2016

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management