It is well known that the size of the informal (black or grey) economy causes serious fiscal problems for Hungary. This study makes an attempt to quantify the budgetary and macroeconomic effects of different ways of widening the formal sector (whiteningʺ) with the help of a model. It turns out...

It is well known that the size of the informal (black or grey) economy causes serious fiscal problems for Hungary. This study makes an attempt to quantify the budgetary and macroeconomic effects of different ways of widening the formal sector (whitening”) with the help of a model. It turns out...

The study aims to revisit some of the macroeconomic issues related to Hungary's eurozone-accession. The government postponed euro-adoption until 2020 without any explanation, which is one of the motivations of our analysis. We review the arguments formulated in 2000-2004 regarding the adoption...

Romanian Abstract: Uniunea Europeană şi Piaţa sa unică au generat în ultimii 50 de ani noioportunităţi pentru companiile europene, care şi-au îmbunătăţit competitivitatea internă şiinternaţională, au creat noi locuri de muncă şi au oferit consumatorilor europeni...

Romanian Abstract: Coordonarea politicilor economice ȋn cadrul Uniunii Europene a devenit un aspect necesar, care ȋnsă trebuie să nu afecteze suvernanitatea fiecărui stat membru şi nici capacitatea acestuia de furnizare a unui cadru propice de dezvoltare. Ȋn timp ce la nivelul...

Using the most important criteria that should be taken into account when a monetary policy strategy is changed, this paper assess the opportunity of changing the status quo of the monetary policy in Romania with the inflation targeting monetary policy framework in 2005. The paper identifies the...

During the last decades, the monetary policy had to face significant changes caused by various processes. This paper explores the challenges induced by the recent global crisis to the central banks policies. We approach some possible solutions to the dramatic consequences of the crisis: the...

In this paper, we examine the cost of insurance against model uncertainty for the Euro area considering four alternative reference models, all of which are used for policy-analysis at the ECB. We find that maximal insurance across this model range in terms of a Minimax policy comes at moderate...