Movements · czech_republic_sobotka_cssd_2014_2017 Sobotka CSSD-ANO-KDU-CSL coalition 2014-2017 CZE · 2014 – 2017· CSSD-ANO-KDU-CSL
Leaders: Bohuslav Sobotka (Prime Minister, CSSD, 2014-2017) · Andrej Babis (Deputy PM and Finance Minister, ANO, 2014-2017) · Pavel Belobradek (Deputy PM, KDU-CSL)
Doctrine — stated goals and content Sobotka CSSD-led tripartite coalition after the 2013 snap election. Economic school: Czech social-democratic redistribution with ANO technocratic-revenue-compliance tilt — Babis-era Elektronicka evidence trzeb ("EET" electronic revenue registration for cash transactions) rolled out Dec 2016-Mar 2017, reclaimed reduced VAT rate (2nd reduced 10% from Jan 2015 on books, pharmaceuticals, infant food), raised minimum wage (CZK 8,000 -> 11,000 across tenure), restored cap-free child tax credit stacking, second-pillar pension abolition 2016. Super-gross-wage discussion continued. Left-right axis: centre-left (CSSD chancellery) with centre/anti-system ANO finance ministry. Dated policies: EET Act 112/2016 Sb., 2nd reduced VAT rate 2015, second-pillar abolition 2016, Hate-Acts defence, child-allowance expansions. Popularity: CSSD collapsed in Oct 2017 election (7.3%); ANO won 29.6%. Coherence: moderate — persistent CSSD-ANO tensions, Babis briefly dismissed May 2017 over tax-optimisation probe.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ↑
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.
increased · moderate
larger transfer footprint
Minimum wage up 37% across tenure; child-credit expansion.
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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).
increased · weak
more progressive (higher top rates, wider spread, larger targeted credits)
EET broadened base on cash-economy; second reduced VAT rate on essentials.
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sectoral licensing → regulatory.sectoral_licensing
Sector-specific licensing regimes, concentration / quota allocation, state-controlled entry (energy, telecoms, healthcare, banking).
decreased · moderate
looser licensing, more open entry
EET mandated POS registration for hospitality, retail, services.
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spending level → fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
increased · weak
higher spending share
Benefit and wage-floor increases; EU-fund absorption strong.
Policies enacted · cz_eet_electronic_revenue_2016 · cz_second_reduced_vat_2015 · cz_second_pillar_abolition_2016 · cz_minimum_wage_rises_2014_2017 · cz_child_tax_credit_expansion_2015 Schools of thought aligned or opposed aligned democratic_socialist derived: score=+0.51, overlap=4 axes vs democratic_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned developmentalism derived: score=+0.58, overlap=4 axes vs developmentalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned empirical_pragmatist derived: score=+0.54, overlap=4 axes vs empirical_pragmatist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned market_socialist derived: score=+1.00, overlap=3 axes vs market_socialist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned marxian derived: score=+0.87, overlap=3 axes vs marxian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned marxist_leninist derived: score=+1.00, overlap=2 axes vs marxist_leninist profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned new_keynesian derived: score=+0.63, overlap=4 axes vs new_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned post_keynesian derived: score=+0.60, overlap=4 axes vs post_keynesian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
aligned social_democratic derived: score=+0.84, overlap=4 axes vs social_democratic profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial austrian derived: score=-0.25, overlap=4 axes vs austrian profile (mechanical backfill v1)
partial institutionalism derived: score=+0.23, overlap=4 axes vs institutionalism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed chicago_monetarism derived: score=-0.73, overlap=4 axes vs chicago_monetarism profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed classical_liberal derived: score=-0.71, overlap=4 axes vs classical_liberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
opposed ordoliberal derived: score=-0.98, overlap=4 axes vs ordoliberal profile (mechanical backfill v1)
References Zakon c. 112/2016 Sb. (EET) IESET — an empirically-grounded, adversarially-reviewed framework for contemporary economic policy questions. Every hypothesis pre-registered in git before the data is examined.