Doctoral thesis, field Public Economics, academic year 2008/2009 Supervisor: doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. 1. Fiscal Illusion 2. A Demand for Health Services – Regulatory Tools´ Efficiency 3. Non-for-profitness as a factor of (in)efficiency. Supervisor: Ing. Vladimír Hyánek, Ph.D. 1. Reforming Welfare Services through Contracting Supervisor: doc. Ing. Beáta Meričková, Ph.D. 1. Contracting out public services.