Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe: Ostatnio dodane
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Is Economic Integration a Historical Shock to City-size Distribution?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)Based on the assumption that the economic integration process contributes, via market reforms, to the dynamics of the space distribution in candidate countries, this study examines (i) whether agglomeration forces or ... -
Normative Versus Positive Approach to Fiscal Decentralisation and the Measures of Decentralisation. An Analysis based on the Example of Selected Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)This article deals with the problem of a discrepancy between the recommendations of the theory of public finance, in its various trends, and decentralisation processes in practice. The analysis is both theoretical and ... -
Towards the Goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy: Convergence or Divergence of the European Union Countries?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)The aim of this article is to investigate the similarities between the EU countries in terms of achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy goals. Due to the latest data availability, the analysis is based on the year 2014. The ... -
Competitiveness of the Baltic States in International High-Technology Goods Trade
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)The aim of the article is to assess the international competitiveness of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) in high-technology goods trade. To this end, Balassa’s method of analysing revealed comparative ... -
Are Poland and Ukraine Gravity Centres for Each Other? Study on the Labour Migration Patterns
Sokołowicz, Mariusz
; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
The paper consists of three parts. It starts with an introduction followed, by theoretical backgrounds of migration, outlining its main types and models. The next parts highlight the volume, directions and structure of ... -
EU-Korea FTA and Its Impact on V4 Economies. A Comparative Analysis of Trade Sophistication and Intra-Industry Trade
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)This paper investigates selected short- and mid-term effects in trade in goods between the Visegrad countries (V4: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic) and the Republic of Korea under the framework ... -
The Determinants and the Size of International Migration in Central and Eastern Europe After 2004
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)Migration is a very important socio‑economic issue in the contemporary world. One of the interesting and pertinent research problems worth considering concerns the scale and nature of migration from countries which entered ... -
Effects of Poland’s Pro‑Export Policy Implementation in the Context of the Plan for Responsible Development – a Preliminary Comparative Assessment
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)The aim of this paper is to present the results of a preliminary assessment of Poland’s export expansion policy in relation to the export of commodities, which is a result of the Government’s Plan for Responsible Development, ... -
Personal Finances vs. the Overall Economic Conditions: What Drives the New EU Member States’ Stock Markets?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)This paper analyses the leading characteristics of the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) with respect to stock market returns for 11 New EU Member States. It proposes novel CCI weights by minimizing mean squared errors from ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility: the Challenges and Constraints
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)This article discusses the chances and vulnerabilities of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on two main levels: the small and medium sector at a local level; and big corporations at the macro and international levels. ... -
Monetary Policy Transmission and the Labour Market in the Non‑eurozone Visegrad Group Countries in 2000–2014. Evidence from a SVAR Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)This paper is aimed at filling the gap in existing economic research by delivering new evidence on the money‑labour nexus in the emerging markets of the non‑eurozone Visegrad group countries (i.e. Czech Republic, Hungary ... -
The Evolution of Financial Integration on Selected European Stock Markets: a Dynamic Principal Component Approach
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)The goal of this paper is to recognize the dynamics of financial integration across the European stock markets over the last two decades. We investigate two groups of markets: (1) three developed European markets in the ... -
The Role of Innovation in Fostering Competitiveness and Economic Growth: Evidence from Developing Economies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)This paper deals with the essential features determining the role of innovation in developing economies by examining the structure of innovation measures. The economic growth and competitiveness of developing economies are ... -
Import Tariffs of Trading Partners: Evidence from Three West Balkan Countries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)This paper aims to examine the effect of reducing the import tariffs of trading partners on total and individual exports of products from three countries of the Western Balkans and individually observed for each country. ... -
An Internationally Competitive Economy: a Comparison of Poland and the Visegrad Group Countries in the Post‑Accession Period
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-12-29)This article presents the results of an analysis comparing the competitive position of Poland and other countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) in the post‑accession period (2004-2015). The assumption is that among the V4 ... -
Regional Differentiation of The Demographic Potential in Italy and Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-09-19)The aim of this paper is to compare the demographic potential of given Italian and Polish regions. The analysis shows that the demographic situation in Poland, unlike in Italy, is not directly related to the level of ... -
Determinants of The Application of Macro Prudential Instruments
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-09-19)The use of macro prudential instruments today gives rise to a major debate within the walls of central banks and other authorities in charge of financial stability. Contrary to micro prudential instruments, whose effects ... -
Efficiency of National Innovation Systems – Poland and Bulgaria in The Context of the Global Innovation Index
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-09-19)The purpose of this paper is to explain how national innovation systems may transform innovation input into innovation output in different counties. Using the Global Innovation Index (GII) we discuss what can be understood ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Initiatives and Adaptation Measures To Climate Change Undertaken in Poland and Eastern EU Countries
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-09-19)Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet’s environmental, social and economic condition. It is accompanied by massive changes in life support systems on Earth, where its far‑reaching effects ... -
Inflation and Economic Growth: a Review of The International Literature
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-09-19)This paper surveys the existing literature on the relationship between inflation and economic growth in developed and developing countries, highlighting the theoretical and empirical indications. The study finds that the ...