According to the results of the International Comparison Project, based on exchange rates and prices recorded in 1996, prices in the Czech Republic (CR) were markedly lower than prices charged for many comparable products and services in the European Union. This observation led some commentators...

As a consequence of the new regionalism a marked increase in the number of regional groupings can be observed which makes the preferential relations between states even more complicated and complex. One of such complex relationships, which did not come to being during the third wave of...

The purpose of the study is to analyse and evaluate the position and trend of international competitiveness of the Central European EU countries, and the results of the influence of their EU membership on the competitiveness of the chosen countries. The study method is based on a complex set of...

Jednou z možností sledování tvaru otevřenosti ekonomiky je provádění analýzy komoditní struktury zahraničního obchodu. Cílem předkládaného článku je pomocí statistických dat nastínit změny, ke kterým docházelo v komoditní struktuře dovozu, resp. vývozu ČR v letech...

Doložka najvyšších výhod (DNV) je dôležitým inštitútom medzinárodného obchodu. DNV zaväzuje štát rozšíriť obchodné výhody, ktoré poskytol inému štátu, ostatným štátom. DNV má niekoľko foriem. Poznáme nepodmienečnú DNV a DNV podmienenú reciprocitou. Hlavnou...

A number of authors have used the concept of an optimum currency area (or OCA) index to assess the relative proximity of various pairs of economies to the ideal of an optimum currency area. Alas, a significant deficiency of this approach as used so far is that it provides no room for long-term...

The main goal of this paper is to analyse the process of price convergence (beta and sigma convergence) in new EU Member States towards the Euro area (EU-12). The theoretical part of the paper consists of a brief overview of methods that are employed for analyses of the process of price...

Príspevok sa zaoberá integračným procesom západného Balkánu do Európskej únie. Prvá časť je venovaná integračnému procesu a výhodám, ktoré ďalšie rozširovanie prináša tak Európskej únii ako aj novým členským krajinám. Ďalej článok opisuje súčasné postavenie...

Economic growth and economic level belong among the most monitored economic figures as they give evidence of the level of both the economic activity and performance of a country as well as of the level of the economic development at which a given state or region finds itself. Within the EU...