This paper examines the evolution of the EU’s trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU’s services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....

The early COVID-19 pandemic literature focused on the conflict between lives and livelihoods. But cross-country evidence reveals that across countries high mortality rates were often associated with large gross domestic product contractions. This paper shows that the presumed trade-off was...

Geographical proximity had accelerated the negative economic contagion between states from EU space. All negative inputs could be viewed as system effects for the EU sustainable development and durability. In this context, the aim of this paper is to create an analytical framework for explaining...

Geographical proximity had accelerated the negative economic contagion between states from EU space. All negative inputs could be viewed as system effects for the EU sustainable development and durability. In this context, the aim of this paper is to create an analytical framework for explaining...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become the major economic driver of globalisation, accounting for over half of all cross border investments. In the new context of the recent world economic crisis and subsequent economic downturn, FDI followed the world economic trend. FDI activity depends on...