Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe: Recent submissions
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Modelling Of Eco-innovation Diffusion: The EU Eco-label
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-03-20)The aim of this article is to carry out a theoretical and empirical analysis of the process of eco-label diffusion. Eco-labels allow consumers to identify products and services that have a reduced environmental impact ... -
The Impact Of The Global Financial And Economic Crisis Convergence Process In OECD Countries
; Lewandowski, Krzysztof
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-03-20)
This paper analyzes the issue of convergence in OECD countries and tries to assess the effect of financial crisis on the process of convergence. In other words it will consider whether the global financial crisis pulled ... -
Biodiversity As An Ecological Safety Condition. The European Dimension
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-03-20)The main purpose of the paper is to indicate the theoretical bases of biodiversity protection from the perspective of the natural and economic sciences, and to describe the diversity of biodiversity protection levels in ... -
The Rich North-west, The Poor Middle-east – Consumption In EU Households
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-03-20)The aim of paper is to analyze household consumption in EU countries in the 21st century. The two hypotheses posited have been confirmed. The start of the 21st century saw an increase in consumer spending in EU households ... -
Interest Rate Policy Of Selected Central Banks In Central And Eastern Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-03-20)The aim of this article is to present and evaluate interest rate policies of three selected central banks in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary) from 2001 to 2013. The study consists of an ... -
Comparison Of Patterns Of Convergence Among “Emerging Markets” Of Central Europe, Eastern Europe And Central Asia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-03-20)Based on analysis of economic growth indicators for 1989-2014, this article distinguishes the “emerging markets” of Central and Eastern Europe (with Russia included), from the other economies that fall in the broad ‘emerging ... -
Leaders And Followers In The Effectiveness Of Public Safety Services In European States – A Spatial Frontier Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This research indicates that despite many differences among states’ public safety policies, improvement and regional development can be stimulated and achieved by implementing the “learning-from-the-best” policy. -
A Spatial Analysis Of The Knowledge - Based Economy In Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The purpose of this article is to identify disparities in the use of knowledge in socio-economic life in the Polish provinces. The study was conducted using a taxonomic measure of development (one of the tools of ... -
Spatial Diversification Of The Regional Expenses On Culture In Poland 2003-2012
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This paper focuses on the analysis of expenditure on culture covered by the provincial budgets, taking into consideration the structure of cultural institutions by their types in the years 2003, 2006, 2010 and 2012. To ... -
The Application Of Local Indicators For Categorical Data (LICD) In The Spatial Analysis Of Economic Development
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)Firstly, we identify classes of regions presenting different economic development levels using taxonomic methods of multivariate data analysis. Secondly, we apply a join-count test to examine spatial dependencies between ... -
An Empirical Study Of Productivity Growth In EU28 - Spatial Panel Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This paper investigates the spatial process of productivity growth in the European Union on the foundations of the theory of New Economic Geography. The proposed model is based on the study of NUTS 2 regions and takes into ... -
The Determinants Of Population Health Spatial Disparities
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)Health of the population is one of the basic factors of social development. The results of empirical studies indicate a number of factors determining the level of health of the population related to access to health care ... -
The Effect Of Omitted Spatial Effects And Social Dependence In The Modelling Of Household Expenditure For Fruits And Vegetables
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)We find the omitted elements of the external environment affect negatively the estimates for other spatial (social) effect parameters. Especially, we notice the overestimation of the random effect variance when the social ... -
Impact Of The Manufacturing Sector On The Export Competitiveness Of European Countries – A Spatial Panel Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The purpose of this paper is to determine how changes in the export competitiveness of the EU economy (measured by exports and net exports) depend on changes in the competitiveness of processing industries, on the basis ... -
Regional Innovativeness Strategies And Their Impact On Innovativeness Of Provinces In Poland. A Spatio-temporal Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) have existed in Poland for almost ten years and in this period they have been developed, accepted and implemented in all provinces. The basic aim of Regional Innovativeness Strategies ... -
Spatial Analysis Of Foreign Migration In Poland In 2012 Using Geographically Weighted Regression
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The aim of this paper is to analyse the spatial distribution of officially registered foreign migration in Poland in 2012. GIS tools are implemented for data visualization and statistical analysis. Geographically weighted ... -
Health Inequalities Across The European Union Regions: A Beta-Convergence Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)This work is devoted to the study of the variations of health status (measured by life expectancy) across the EU regions of NUTS II level. We apply existing tools developed in economic growth literature to study a mortality ... -
Application Of Input-Output Analysis In The Health Care
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The aim of this article is an attempt of the use of models of input-output type in the analysis of the performance of the health care sector in Poland. The construction of input-output model is based on the observed data ... -
Transport Accessibility In Light Of The DEA Method
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-12-30)The development of transport infrastructure and increasing the efficiency of transport services are major factors of economic growth. The concept of transport accessibility can be analysed in various aspects. This article ... -
Spatial Analysis Of Human Capital Structures
(De Gruyter Open, 2014-12-30)An in-depth analysis of the occupational structure of the labour market in a spatial cross-section is an important theoretical and practical area of study necessary for the development of effective labour market policies ...