Small countries may benefit from the formation of a trade bloc, since their combined market power will enable them to manipulate the terms of trade. The question of interest is whether countries will benefit from the enlargement of a trading bloc, if trade liberalization induces countries to...

This paper identifies and analyzes the changes that have occurred in terms of territorial and commodity structure of agrarian trade (exports) of countries of the Visegrad Group (or V4 -i.e. Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia) in the period 1993-2008. In terms of methodological...

The European Union decided in June 2003 a new reform of its farm policy with a new step toward the decoupling of farm income support instruments. Available impact studies find that this reform will reduce production incentives, substantially for beef and to a lesser extent for arable crops. All...

Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring toreduce their aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases from industry in a cost-effectivemanner. The contention of this paper is that an emissions trading scheme (ETS) shouldnot be based on blanket coverage of...

The replacement of a multi-currency system by a single currency on the basis of the European Economic and Monetary Unit is the stage in the same integration and convergence process; monetary policy that recently was the matter of each state was handed over to the European Central Bank. A...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuotas ir įvertintas Lietuvos ir Slovėnijos infliacijos, valdžios sektoriaus metinio biudžeto deficito ir bendrosios skolos, ilgalaikių Vyriausybės vertybinių popierių (VVP) palūkanų normos bei nacionalinės valiutos stabilumo lygio atitikimas...

The object of the study – Lithuanian monetary policy. The purpose of the work – to estimate the level of achieved objectives of Lithuanian monetary policy and to forecast perspectives after joining to European Union. The main tasks: 1. to investigate the objectives, means and results of...

Straipsnyje aptariami pagrindiniai užsienio šalių prekių ir paslaugų eksporto aspektai, lyginama užsienio šalių bei Lietuvos eksporto patirtis. Nurodomi pagrindinai veiksniai, darantys įtaką eksportui užsienio šalyse, aptariamos eksporto problemos Lietuvoje. Remiantis užsienio...

The subject of the relationship between state budget and trade balance is important as economic subject, not only at the level of developing countries, but also at of advanced ones, too. Such importance emerged clearly when 1980s witnessed in United States of America a deficit in both state...

This paper contributes to the literature on foreign aid by exclusively explaining a donor’s motivation for foreign external assistance. The underlying framework focuses on recipients’ needs for foreign aid to address income inequality as and when growth occurs. A tax-subsidy policy is...