The relation between economic growth, competitiveness, productivity, on one hand, and investment in research and development (R&D), on the other, has been the research subject of numerous scientific studies. The significant contribution of the investment in R&D to productivity growth,...

This study aims to analyze the sources of the correlation between the nominal and real convergence, as well as the impact of the macroeconomic politics on it. The perspective of Euro adoption will impose stricter management of monetary and budgetary politics, which will affect negatively the...