Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe: Ostatnio dodane
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The Social Effects of the Economic Transformation in India (An Attempt at Measurement and Evaluation)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)The empirical analysis of the trends in the said index proves that the rapid economic growth in India after the year 1991 has brought about substantial increases in the life expectancy of the inhabitants of the country and ... -
The Determinants of European Union (EU) Foreign Direct Investments in the EU Countries from Central and Eastern Europe During 1994–2012
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)This study examines whether the CEECs’ financial market development can explain the EU FDI in the CEECs during 1994–2012. The higher bank credit flows had a positive effect on the FDI in 2005–2012. This can be attributed ... -
Millenium Development Goals/UN and Sustainable Development Goals/UN as Instruments for Realising Sustainable Development Concept in the Global Economy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)This article presents the results of analysis and evaluation of the main effects of the implementation of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals, in force until 2015, and to demonstrate differences between and prospects ... -
Reduction of an Economy’s Raw Material Dependence and the Human Capital of a Country
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)This paper evaluates the raw material dependence of two export-oriented oil and gas extracting countries. We find evidence of presence of the Dutch disease in both countries and of the resource curse in Russia. Reduction ... -
Are Central Banks in CEE Countries Concerned about the Burden of Public Debt?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)The aim of this study is to analyze the monetary policy rules in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, with public debt as an additional explanatory variable. We estimate linear rules by the GMM estimation and non-linear ... -
Does a Progressive PIT Stabilize the Economy? A Comparison of Progressive and Flat Taxes
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)The aim of the article is to examine the impact of progressive personal income tax rates and the effectiveness of this tax as an automatic economic stabilizer. The assessment of automatic stabilizers is based on the estimates ... -
Determinants of Productivity of Ukrainian Firms
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-03-09)This paper examines the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) of Ukrainian firms in manufacturing and services, using micro-level data for the years 2005 and 2013. We first estimate regressions for the pooled ... -
Spatial Quantile Regression In Analysis Of Healthy Life Years In The European Union Countries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)The paper investigates the impact of the selected factors on the healthy life years of men and women in the EU countries. The multiple quantile spatial autoregression models are used in order to account for substantial ... -
Determinants Of Healthy Ageing For Older People In European Countries – A Spatio-Temporal Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)The article aims to investigate the relationship between the length of the further life in healthy for men and women aged 65 years and selected factors in European countries in the period 2005-2012. For this purpose, ... -
Using Space Syntax For Estimation Of Potential Disaster Indirect Economic Losses
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)The study of applicable network measures shows that Normalised Angular Choice can be used as criteria for selecting alternatives for minimizing indirect costs caused by road network damages. At the same time, this methodology ... -
Comparative Analysis Of Healthcare Performance In West And South Regions Of Ukraine
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)This study examines variations in efficiency among hospitals located in western and southern Ukraine. We estimated efficiency using a nonparemetric modeling technique known as data envelopment analysis (DEA). DEA is a very ... -
The Assessment Of Geographical Borders In Economic Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)The length of common border between two geographical units is frequently used as a basic weight in spatial analysis. The newest methodological propositions such as tests for hierarchical relations (Markowska et. al. 2014; ... -
What Affects The Ability To Accumulate The Best Applicants By Russian Universities? The Application Of Quantile Regression Model
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)Our findings might be useful for the governmental authorities during the universities’ assessment as well as for the higher education institutions themselves - in order to define their strategic development and attract ... -
The Importance Of Human Capital For The Economic Development Of EU Regions
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)According to the research results, the highest levels of human capital are typical of the most affluent regions in Western Europe, while its lowest levels are found in the poorest countries that became EU members only ... -
Analysis Of The EU Anti-dumping Policy In Terms Of The Revealed Comparative Advantages
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)The aim of the paper is to determine the proportion of goods covered by anti-dumping proceedings in the value of import conducted by the European Union between 1995-2012. In the empirical research the eight-digit commodity ... -
The Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis For Transport Accessibility In Selected Regions Of The European Union
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)The main purpose of this article is to assess and analyze the occurrence of spatial autocorrelation in connection with the transport accessibility (measured by density of a motorway network). The general hypothesis is: ... -
A Statistical Toolbox For Mining And Modeling Spatial Data
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-08)Most data mining projects in spatial economics start with an evaluation of a set of attribute variables on a sample of spatial entities, looking for the existence and strength of spatial autocorrelation, based on the Moran’s ... -
The Finance Growth Link: Comparative Analysis of Two Eastern African Countries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-09-24)This paper examines the finance growth link of two low-income Sub-Saharan African economies – Ethiopia and Kenya – which have different financial systems but are located in the same region. Unlike previous studies, we ... -
Social Innovations in Companies and in Social Economy Enterprises
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-09-24)The paper also shows the links between issues of internal social innovations and positive employment relationships. The presented research findings prove that positive relationships among employees are significantly and ... -
The Canadian Unemployment Insurance Generosity: Reflections from a Comparative Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-09-24)The unemployment compensation system is at the centre of the current economic and political debate in many Western countries which, under the effects of the increase in public debt, must decide the level of their unemployment ...