The paper aims at acknowledging the efficiency effects of bank privatization upon the entry of strategic foreign investor. Thus, a broad experience from the developing countries is reviewed. General conclusion is that the foreign capital infusion improves the profit and cost efficiency of the...

The paper assesses the nominal convergence of Macedonia and Croatia towards the EU. As the two countries are in a process of European integration, both economies should converge to the EU economy, so that the accession to be smoother. One channel for faster nominal convergence is pegging the...

The aim of this paper is to assess whether the Euro zone is an optimal currency area. The judgement is made on the basis of the existing literature and available data for several criteria as a part of the OCA Theory. The ultimate conclusion is that the Euro zone is not an optimal currency area,...

The aim of this paper is to provide some arguments for the effects of the adoption of the International Accounting Standards on firms. Therefore, IAS impact on firms' management and financial statements are analysed. Provided financial statements intend to support or reject findings in the...

Venture capital is an important alternative for companies that have difficulties accessing more traditional financing sources and it is a strong financial injection for early-stage companies that do not have evidence for persistent profitability yet. Firstly, deep prescreening process should be...

The paper examines what determined inflation in Britain in the post-WWII era. Several determinants are on hand as regards the inflation, depending on the examined period. For instance, wages and budget deficits are accentuated as main determinants in the 1950's and 1960's. However, growing...

This paper assesses whether the exchange rate pass-through in transition economies changed due to inflation targeting and the ongoing crisis. The economies of Central and South Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, of which nine are inflation targeters, are examined over the...

The objective of the paper is to examine whether monetary policy responses to inflation, output gap and exchange rate changed in seven countries of Central and South Eastern Europe between 1991 and 2010. Results suggest that monetary policy has been governed by: (i) three regimes in the Czech...

The objective of this paper is to assess whether the levels of unionization and the rigidity of exchange rates represent a constraint for the monetary policy in South-Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, with a particular focus on the recent economic crisis. Toward that...

The objective of this paper is to simulate the effects of two alternative social policies – individual and family in-work benefits – on labour market choices in Macedonia, with special focus on the poor and females. To that end, we use ex-ante analysis relying on a combination of a...