Current demographic dynamics driven by low fertility and increasing longevity requires adjustments of the traditional frameworks of providing pensions. In this article we highlight three crucial issues policymakers should address by implementing those adjustments. First, fiscal limitations given...

Rapid population aging driven by low fertility and increasing longevity requires further adjustments of the traditional pension frameworks in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). In this article we analyze the pension systems of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia and show...

This article tests the role the Slovenian capital market plays in determining corporate capital structure. It concludes that even though private corporations exhibit higher relative debt levels than their public counterparts, their dynamics are governed in similar ways. One potential reason for...

Population ageing requires adjustments to the traditional way of providing pensions though pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems. Governments should prepare sound frameworks for a sustainable long-term shift towards private pensions, either in the form of second or third pillar or even better both of...

Current demographic dynamics driven by low fertility and increasing longevity requires adjustments of the traditional frameworks of providing pensions. In this article we highlight three crucial issues policymakers should address by implementing those adjustments. First, fiscal limitations given...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between bank ownership and bank profitability in six South Eastern European countries (SEE-6): Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, FYR Macedonia, and Albania. Like in most other Eastern European countries, the transition period in the...

In this paper we use our comprehensive pension system model calibrated to the real demographic, employment and retirement data, measure transition costs of implementing mandatory private second-pillar into the pension landscape and consider fiscal sustainability of pension system. We report...

This paper examines the transition costs of a mandatory private, second pension pillar. We use a comprehensive model with real demographic, employment, and public retirement data; and combine it with private pension pillar features. The model shows that fiscal sustainability and improved accrual...

In today’s competitive environment the modern firm increasingly focuses on identifying, measuring and managing various risk exposures. Risk management is interwoven with the firm’s business strategy and impacts considerably on its competitive position. Thus, management should develop an...