Pension systems and pension expenditures show large variations among countries worldwide. This variation appears to reflect mainly demographic factors and differences in the level of insurance protection, the latter tending to increase with the level of development. The focus of this paper is...

English Abstract: Professor Stanisław Gomułka, chief economist of the Business Centre Club, analyzes the challenges facing Poland's economy and tax system over the next 20 years. Jarosław Neneman, an assistant professor at Łazarski University, presents the basic parameters for a planned...

This paper attempts the following two questions, both with reference to the response of the Polish economy to the stabilization and liberalization plan of January 1, 1990: why was the fall in output much larger and the inflation rate much higher than anticipated? Was the contraction of aggregate...

The primary purpose of this short paper is to consider and give preliminary answers, with respect to the main EU candidate countries, to the following questions: 1. Has macroeconomic stability already been, or is soon to be, accomplished? 2. Do these candidate countries comply with the most...