The Turkish Health System underwent several evolutions from the early days of the Republic until the beginning of 1990s. The most radical changes came after 1990s in the context of reforms implemented within Turkey’s accession process to European Union. The Turkish Health System has been...

“Input-Output” table which was designed for solution of mutual relation(impact) problem is widely applied tool in the world for conducting economic analysis and forecasting. One of the most important problem of our today’s world is to prevent financial-economic crises in  several...

This paper analyses the economic impact of the foreseeable withdrawal of a large amount of the European Structural funds in the Andalusian economy, for the 2014-2020 Community Support Framework.We develop a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model that will assess, under different simulation scenarios,...

Although there are many studies that empirically investigate the impact of Inflation Targeting (IT) on several aspects of the economy, the mechanisms through which IT improves the economic conditions are not studied extensively. A theoretical study is needed to present the dynamics of IT and...

Imputed rental income of homeowners is tax exempt in most countries, despite the long-standing arguments recommending its inclusion in the tax base, on both equity and efficiency grounds. The current fiscal crisis revived interest towards this form of taxation. The paper investigates the fiscal...

Competitiveness is considered to be the main factor for achieving the success in market economy. Because, the main goal of any commercial organization is to expand its business in market, to make it robust and in worst case to stay in a stable condition without growth. In order to achieve this...

The methodology of the regional models from the first papers published in the 60-ties has significantly progressed from the basic macroeconomic models through the models of growth and production to the regional microanalysis and spatial econometrics. On the other hand, practical application...

This paper discusses the interplay between exports and innovation and both their effects on economic performance. The European Union makes major efforts to improve the innovation performance of its companies with the aim to improve the global competitive position of the Union and create jobs and...

The aim of this paper is, first, to investigate the factors associated to performance in Mexican water utilities by analyzing the correlation structure of the most important indicators of a sample of 106 water utilities. Second, to classify these utilities according to these factors to identify...

In Portugal, the public debate at regional level is typically absorbed in the discussion of asymmetries amongst the ‘interior’ and the ‘coast’. What is often discussed, with political and social relevance, is the extent of the interior’s delay (in terms of development) comparatively to...