Functional Signal plus Noise (FSN) time series models are introduced for the econometric analysis of the dynamics of a large cross-section of prices in which contemporaneous observations are functionally related. A semiparametric FSN model is developed in which a smooth, cubic spline signal...

Using a large data set for 167 developed countries and emerging and transition economies, the authors estimate probability models (probit and ordered probit) based on available de jure and de facto classifications for 1970–1995 and 1995–1999. They show that economic openness, trade...

The article presents opinions of full-time students of Slovak business and economic faculties on the European Union (EU) and its subsidies into the agriculture, on the Slovak Republic accession to the EU and its economic effects. There was a research conducted in 2003, 2004 and 2005 on a sample...