Movements · czech_republic_necas_ods_2010_2013 Necas ODS-TOP09-VV austerity coalition 2010-2013 CZE · 2010 – 2013· ODS-TOP09-Veci verejne (later LIDEM)
Leaders: Petr Necas (Prime Minister, ODS, 2010-2013) · Miroslav Kalousek (Finance Minister, TOP09) · Karel Schwarzenberg (Foreign Minister, TOP09)
Doctrine — stated goals and content Necas ODS-led "budget-responsibility" coalition — the principal Czech austerity episode of the euro debt crisis. Economic school: Czech centre-right orthodox consolidation (Kalousek-TOP09 fiscal orthodoxy) — VAT rate convergence (reduced rate 10% -> 14% -> 15%, standard 20% -> 21%), pension-age rise law Sep 2011 (no cap, 1-2 months/year), super- gross-wage retention, second-pillar pension funds launched Jan 2013 (voluntary opt-in). Church-restitution act Nov 2012 (CZK 59bn financial compensation over 30 years plus property return). Left-right axis: centre-right. Dated policies: budget-responsibility package 2011, VAT unification 2012, pension-age uncapped 2011, church restitution Nov 2012. Corruption: Nagyova-chief-of-staff surveillance scandal June 2013 brought Necas down. Popularity: severely eroded by austerity unpopularity and corruption cases. Coherence: low — VV split, LIDEM breakaway, internal ODS factionalism.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ↓
spending level → fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
decreased · moderate
lower spending share
Consolidation to SGP targets; expenditure freezes.
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tax progressivity → fiscal.tax_progressivity
Progressivity of the personal income tax schedule, including top marginal rates, bracket spread, and targeted credits (EITC-equivalents).
decreased · weak
less progressive (flatter rates, compression, smaller credits)
VAT rate rises and reduced rate increases — regressive.
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transfer expansion → fiscal.transfer_expansion
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
decreased · moderate
smaller transfer footprint
Pension-age uncap and second-pillar tilt reduce PAYG generosity.
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property rights → institutional.property_rights
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
increased · moderate
stronger property rights
Church restitution settled 20-year expropriation dispute.
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rule of law → institutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
decreased · weak
weaker rule of law
Nagyova surveillance case revealed cabinet-office misuse of military intelligence.
Policies enacted · cz_vat_unification_2012_2013 · cz_pension_age_uncap_2011 · cz_church_restitution_2012 · cz_second_pillar_pensions_2013 · cz_super_gross_wage_reform_2013 Schools of thought aligned or opposed aligned austrian derived: score=+0.92, overlap=5 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned chicago_monetarism derived: score=+0.79, overlap=5 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned classical_liberal derived: score=+0.69, overlap=5 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned ordoliberal derived: score=+0.63, overlap=5 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial institutionalism derived: score=-0.33, overlap=5 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial developmentalism derived: score=-0.44, overlap=5 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed democratic_socialist derived: score=-0.96, overlap=5 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed eco_socialist derived: score=-0.57, overlap=4 axes vs ecological profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed empirical_pragmatist derived: score=-0.55, overlap=5 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed market_socialist derived: score=-0.53, overlap=4 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed marxian derived: score=-0.78, overlap=4 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed marxist_leninist derived: score=-0.48, overlap=4 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed new_keynesian derived: score=-0.66, overlap=5 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed post_keynesian derived: score=-0.84, overlap=5 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed social_democratic derived: score=-0.87, overlap=5 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
References Zakon c. 428/2012 Sb. (majetkove vyrovnani s cirkvemi) Zakon c. 220/2011 Sb. (pension age) IESET — an empirically-grounded, adversarially-reviewed framework for contemporary economic policy questions. Every hypothesis pre-registered in git before the data is examined.