-run relationships by allowing for causality and convergence, are employed. In three essays, the proposed procedures are applied to food …

the welfare effects of the European countries. The first study presents a newly developed index – the EU Index – which … measures the extent of economic integration into the European Union for the EU-15 member states over the period 1999–2010. The …

This thesis examined the extent to which there is convergence in inflation rates,interest rates and incomes in the …. Based on optimum currency area theory, lack of convergence and thepresence of asymmetric adjustments to shocks is likely to … fromthe model.The analysis confirms monetary convergence, which is supported by the strongevidence of co-movement in interest …

convergence in risk-return characteristics is driven mainly by the declining country effect, rather than the rising industry … effect, suggesting that the convergence is associated with international market integration. Specifically, we first compute … computed has been deceasing significantly over time, implying a mean-variance convergence. In particular, the average risk …

convergence.Seeking to fulfill the tasks of investigation the following methods of analysis were used: nonfiction, press … demographic dividend had negative impact. We say that there is beta-convergence over the period 1995-2006, but it is getting much … in different regions and at the same to reduce backwardness, to stimulate convergence it is essential to stimulate growth …

In Master’s Thesis on purpose of Lithuania’s economical convergence’s exploration in the context of the integration in … the EMS, the concept of convergence by defining its possible cognition’s and evaluation’s ways in respect of Macro … longevity of economical convergence. During the fulfilling of the analysis of Lithuania’s economical convergence with the …

media business activities and social factors (GDP, level of unemployment, number of TV channels in the EU, internet usage in … the EU). Comparative analysis has been performed on the development of the media business in the EU and in Lithuania … development in the international context, strategic solutions for the development of the media business in the EU informational …

in the study of convergence and economic growth to estimate the determinantsof regional economic growth in China. To … from 1994 to 2003. It is concluded that the convergence hypothesis does not hold in China,and that export, investment …

) have reaffirmed their commitment to accomplishing the convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and … subject to this convergence project, is IAS 23 - Borrowing Costs. Taken at face value, the convergence of IAS 23 (IFRS) and … SFAS 34 (US GAAP), and looking at convergence in general, the idea is productive and beneficial. It will lead to more …

convergence. Convergence is defined as the combining of one or more elements into one. Unified Communications is a concept that … looks to build on convergence, although it is not a new technology. Unified Communications is the term coined by the …