The present paper was prepared by Ms. Willene Johnson, member of the Committee for Development Committee, as a background paper for deliberations by the Committee at its eighth session. This study reviews policy efforts to advance growth and development in the least developed countries, in...

This paper presents a different approach to tourism research at the regional level. Financial econometric techniques are applied to international tourist arrivals, as well as their volatilities, in the five main tourist regions in Spain, using monthly international tourist arrivals during...

Coordination among supervisors in financial and banking system is vital, but the financial crisis has shown that is not enough, and especially in the context of a single currency would require more common actions in EU. Therefore, the European Commission proposed “the creation of a banking...

In our paper, the role of the state aids is analyzed in the context of the international economic and financial crisis, reviewing the new community regulations regarding the state aid measures in order to support the access to financing and the stability of banking sector in the member states....

In our paper, the role of the state aids is analyzed in the context of the international economic and financial crisis, reviewing the new community regulations regarding the state aid measures in order to support the access to financing and the stability of banking sector in the member states....

Access and absorption of structural funds is the biggest challenge for public administration for business and nongovernmental sector. European integration itself depends on the optimization and efficient absorption of substantial funds for Romania. The main obstacles faced by new EU members,...

There are portfolio models of capital issues, which related to crisis and pre-crisis periods and calculated on basis of market quotation using the primary effective front’s approximation algorithm in the article

A comparative analysis of the existing model of financial market regulation and the model put forth by the Bank of Russia within the framework of the Draft Federal Law ‘On Self-Regulating Organizations in the Field of Financial Markets’ indicates that the Bank of Russia is creating a new...

New bank regulations include macroprudential policies to control bank loan growth. We find bank funding costs and supervisory monitoring intensity to be the most important determinants of loan growth followed by loan portfolio performance and bank profitability. Bank capital and liquidity ratios...