The efficiency of macroeconomic policies depends on adequate business cycle approximation. Given that potential output and the output gap (the difference between actual and potential output) are not directly observable, their values need to be estimated using alternative statistical, structural,...

This study is devoted to analysis of different aspects of world oil market development and its role in further growth of individual national economies, especially in connection with the ever intensifying globalization process. The study shows individual aspects and parts of the oil market, be it...

This article is oriented on the analyses of the development of the mergers and acquisition process. The author shows the main reason and motivations of expansion MA and its influence on the globalization of the world economy. This activity is (in the time and the territory) very different and...

This paper discusses environmental policies in response to foreign direct investment (FDI) in a symmetrie two-country setting, where firms' behavior affects government policy decisions. We show that two alternative equilibria with FDI are possible: (i) one with unilateral FDI, where one firm is...

Cieľom článku je pomocou deskriptívnej analýzy zhodnotiť prípadné negatívne aspekty hospodárskeho rastu a slabé stránky jeho ukazovateľov. Prvá kapitola pojednáva o fyzikálnych hraniciach hospodárskeho rastu a hypotéze vyčerpania prírodných zdrojov. Druhá a tretia kapitola...

Článok je spracovaný na základe návrhu EK o budúcej podobe politiky hospodárskej a sociálnej súdržnosti na programovacie obdobie 2007-2013. Autorka sa zamerala na kľúčové zmeny v rozpočte pre obdobie 2007-2013, na charakteristiku nových navrhovaných cieľov – na cieľ...