This paper examines the role of wage relativities and unemployment levels as major potential economic causes of internal migration between the separate regions of Romania in the period 1995 - 2005. The different inter-regional migration routes are treated as cross-section units in a panel data...

The Harris-Todaro model of migration is modified to incorporate the impact of human capital, housing stock and the availability of publicly provided goods like health care and road provision in order to analyse the determinants of migration in different regions of Poland. The Seemingly Unrelated...

In many countries, firms are encouraged to export as a means of contributing to economic growth. The successes of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in industrialized countries has led to the increasing recognition of their role in transition economies - including exports development. The...

We show that a simple and intuitive three-parameter equation fits remarkably well the evolution of the gross domestic product (GDP) in current and constant dollars of many countries during the times of recession and recovery. We then argue that it can be used to detect shocks and discuss its...

Recent evidence suggests that regional economic integration provides an important stimulus not only to trade, but also to FDI. In contrast, the available theory on FDI does not yet provide empirically testable propositions on the effects of concurrent trade and investment liberalisation....

We examine the case of the Czech Republic, which has been frequently cited as one of the most successful cases of transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Despite the costs related to the break-up of Czechoslovakia in late 1992 and 1993, the immediate consequences were quickly...