The interest of economists in population incomes in all high-developed countries comes from the effort about objective solution of questions related to the standard of living of population. There is necessary, for the appropriate evaluation of the income side of standard of living of population...

While making a statistical model it is important both, to find a theoretical distribution function that would characterize empirical frequency distribution and to choose a suitable method of parameter estimate of such model. Recently used type of a theoretical model of income distribution (the...

Although the theoretical literature has identified various sizeable benefits from foreign direct investment inflows (FDI), the empirical literature has been unable to establish a positive and significant impact of FDI on the rates of economic growth of host countries. One reason for this...

This essay surveys macroeconomic issues that marked the transition from centrally planned to market economy in Central and Eastern European and former Soviet Union countries. We first establish a set of stylized facts of the transition so far, namely: (1) output fell, (2) capital shrank, (3)...

There are two strands in the empirical literature on economic growth in transition economies. One focuses on the impact of reforms, while the other emphasizes sustainability issues and the growth prospects these economies face. The most common strategy, in the latter, has been to use...

Disertacijoje nagrinėjamos tiesioginių užsienio investicijų (toliau – TUI) poveikio ekonomikos plėtrai vertinimo problemos. Kaip liudija įvairūs tyrimai, šalių ekonominės politikos, skatinančios užsienio kapitalo srautus, ne visada tinkamos: kai kuriais atvejais TUI neigiamai...

The thesis attempts to analyse the issues of assessment of the impact of foreign direct investment (hereinafter referred to as FDI) on economic development. According to the results of different research studies, countries’ economic policies stimulating the flows of foreign investment are not...