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...

Aktuálnosť výskumu problematiky postavenia malých štátov v Európskej únii a malých ostrovných rozvojových štátov (tzv. krajín SIDS) vychádza z jej akútnosti. Príspevok si o.i. kladie za cieľ prispieť do diskusie o možnostiach znížiť vysokú mieru zraniteľnosti malých...

In this article, the author first sums up basic premises that the energy policy of the Russian Federation builds upon; then, using Russian politicians´ and experts´ statements, he shows how this policy is perceived in Russia these days. After that, he sums up briefly the extent and importance...

The European Commission is going to discuss a revision of Directive 2003/96/ EC, restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity. The first proposals include a new energy taxation system, where the current energy tax is divided into two components - an...

The text deals with the position of small countries, defined as countries with populations under 16 million, in today's globalized world. Their advantages and disadvantages, but especially the opportunities that globalization offers these countries, are discussed. Small countries can overcome...

Even though the efforts to foster global economic governance have been a longstanding issue of global economic policies, their effectiveness has been questioned by the current crisis. The crisis has revealed many systemic issues that would require global solutions on the one hand, but on the...

Článek se zabývá fenoménem tzv. nového regionalismu jako jednoho z významných procesů v současné světové ekonomice. Pojem nový regionalismus označuje novou fázi regionalismu od poloviny 80. let, která je charakteristická jak kvantitativními, tak především kvalitativními...

Economic growth of the Czech Republic strongly accelerated in the years 2005-2007. Substantial decline of economic activity took place at the end of 2008 and in the year 2009. On the supply side the main contributing factors were labour and total factor productivity. On the demand side the...

The paper analyses the intertemporal approach to the balance of payments which is based on the intertemporal approach to the relation between domestic saving and investment. A key element of the presented analysis is whether world capital mobility is high enough to hold a condition that the...