We analyse in this paper the main achievements of Romania during the period of ten years since joining the European Union. The analysis is based on a proposed Index of Structural Changes constructed that express the overall progress in five areas: business environment, labour market, state...

This paper analyses the spatial distribution of economic activity in the European Union at NUTS2 level over the 2001-2010 period. The aim of the study is twofold: (i) to provide descriptive evidence of the agglomeration distribution in Europe and its evolution over time across countries; (ii) to...

The introduction of Moldovan leu has been accompanied by a monetary stabilization policy that until 1998 proved to be one of the most successful among FSU countries. The leu showed a remarkable stability and the rate of inflation was brought down to around 10% in 1997. However, fiscal policy was...

The emerging economic and financial globalization in recent years has been much more rapid that our understanding of all ingredients associated with this phenomenon of globalization. As a result, the impact that the current crisis may have on the global economy is still uncertain, since an...

After more than 15 years of transition, some of CIS countries face serious problems on their labour markets, in spite of significant economic growth in recent years, with weak job creation, employment contraction, decreasing activity rates, high unemployment, declining industries and labour...

For the 2006 Easter (the date has a clear meaning) the National Geographic published an unknown manuscript, aimed to make the Christianity tremble from its foundations. The event benefited from the usual advertisement agrave; l'ameacute;ricaine, in order to hit to the highest possible degree the...

In Romania, a combination of population decline, slow job creation and early retirement resulted in employment decreasing significantly in the 1990s, although the employment rate has stayed above average levels in the New Member States. Industrial restructuring and land restitution have induced...

The Syrian economy is confronted with an increasing pressure coming from the supply side of the labour market, generated by the accumulated surplus in the public sector, the unemployed persons looking for a job, the new entrants on the labour market, respectively the expected increase of the...

In many developing and emerging countries, the alarm signals sent by specialists regarding the effects of the global crisis were not taken seriously because these economies were not financially integrated with the world system and consequently, they would not be contaminated. The same confidence...

The paper represents a simulation exercise of the possible evolution of Yugoslav economy if the federation would have gone a peaceful transition to a market economy and democracy, similar to the other countries belonging to the former socialist group; we use the synthetic control method to...