Abstract. What is the status of rational choice theory in contemporary European political science? Compared with a quarter-century ago, the rational choice approach is still far from being the paradigm of work in the discipline, but looking at both anecdotal evidence and information derived from...

What determines the share of public employment in countries of similar levels of economic development, at a given size of the State? A standard answer from the public choice literature points to non-benevolent states, emphasizing the importance of constraints on their power. This paper...

What determines the share of public employment, at a given size of the State, in countries of similar levels of economic development? While the theoretical and empirical literature on this issue has mostly considered technical dimensions (efficiency and political considerations), this paper...

The book is given to the socio-philosophical analysis of social control as an instrument of social management. The author examines the economics, management, law, political activity, education, religion and culture as instruments of social control from elite over society. The methodological...

Stimulating economic growth is one of the key issues of economic sciences. The European Union has developed several policies and has allocated a considerable budget to reduce economic disparities among its members. The states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 undertake extensive efforts to...

Stimulating economic growth is one of the key issues of economic sciences. The European Union has developed several policies and has allocated a considerable budget to reduce economic disparities among its members. The states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 undertake extensive efforts to...

Small and medium size enterprises make 99,3% of all Lithuanian enterprises, which ought to sustain their competitive advantage in the enlarging global market and apply it to attain the micro and macro economic goals of the country. This investigative paper thoroughly evaluates EU Structural...

Artículo de revista ; In December 2020 the European Council approved the regulation establishing the European Union (EU) Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 and the Next Generation EU recovery facility. Both mechanisms will help provide in the coming years for financing worth €1.8...

The gross fixed capital of the Czech agriculture is one of the lowest in the EU. Low investment influences the cost/revenue ratio and the efficiency of agricultural production and total competitiveness of agricultural production consequently. European programmes supporting investment to...

Following the accession to the European Union, Romania and the other former communist countries are facing multiple problems in their attempt to reduce the economic and social disparities between them and the older members of the EU. In order to support the efforts of the young members in...