Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe
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De Gruyter Open,
Viacheslav Perepelkin,
Elena Perepelkina,
Viacheslav - Professor at the Samara State University of Economics Perepelkin,
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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 of volumes of crude oil and natural gas production and exports, compensated by the growth of value added in other kinds of economic activity, suggests that Norway is gradually overcoming...
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De Gruyter Open,
Andrzej Cieślik,
Iryna Gauger,
Jan Jakub Michałek,
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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 dataset for the manufacturing and service sectors jointly, and then separately for each sector. Our empirical results show a positive link between the total factor productivity, intangible...
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De Gruyter Open,
Grzegorz Bywalec,
University of Lodz Ph.D.,
gbywalec@uni.lodz.pl
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 a diminishing of disparities in this regard on a national scale (in different cross-sections: urban-rural, females-males, as well as in the regional perspective). In the mid-2010s...
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De Gruyter Open,
Sumanjeet Singh,
Minakshi Paliwal,
Sumanjeet - Ramjas College Singh,
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The MSME sector occupies a position of strategic significance in the Indian economic structure. This sector contributes nearly eight per cent to country’s GDP, employing over 80 million people in nearly 36 million widely-dispersed enterprises across the country; accounting for 45 per cent of manufactured output, 40 per cent of the country’s total export, and producing more than 8000 valueadded products...
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De Gruyter Open,
Damian Kaźmierczak,
Faculty of Management University of Lodz,
damian.kazmierczak@uni.lodz.pl
Using a sample of 1,705 convertible bonds issued by manufacturing and service companies from the United States (1,138 issues); Europe (270); and Asia (297) between 2004 and 2014 this paper investigates the role of callable convertibles in the corporate investment process. This research shows first that callable convertibles are used to finance investment projects particularly by American firms which...
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De Gruyter Open,
Agnieszka Drzymała,
Faculty of Economics and Sociology University of Lodz,
adrzymala@uni.lodz.pl
The aim of the paper is to show the history of economic relations between the European Union and Japan. This economy is very important to the EU and the countries of the EU are interested in further deepening areas of cooperation. Therefore it seems important to indicate the political will to continue mutual economic relations through the signing of contracts and bilateral agreements, as well as meetings...
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De Gruyter Open,
Firano Zakaria,
Filali A Fatine,
Firano - Professor at University Mohammed 5 Rabat Zakaria,
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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 remain limited, macro prudential instruments are different in nature and can affect the stability of the financial system. By influencing the financial cycle and the financial structure...
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De Gruyter Open,
Ivana Lolić,
Petar Sorić,
Mirjana Čižmešija,
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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 regression forecasting equations, using CCI lags as regressors. With regards to the obtained “optimal” weights, the examined countries are grouped into micro‑ and macro‑oriented...
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De Gruyter Open,
Safet Kurtović,
Blerim Halili,
Nehat Maxhuni,
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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. In order to investigate the potential effect, this paper applied the gravity equation and the GMM model system dynamic data estimation. The research is based on aggregate and non‑aggregate...
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De Gruyter Open,
Ryszard Piasecki,
Janusz Gudowski,
Ryszard - Ph.D. Piasecki,
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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. The modern understanding of the definition of CSR is also analyzed. This concept in the management sciences is often misunderstood because it is usually seen as one means in the...
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De Gruyter Open,
Anna Organiściak-Krzykowska,
Professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Ph.D.
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 the European Union in 2004 and in the subsequent years. As a result of integration within the European Community, the citizens of member states acquired citizenship within the entire...
