This paper was presented in June 1974 at the Symposium ―On the Measurement of Factor Productivities‖ at the castle Reisensburg in Bavaria, and was published in the book of proceedings from this Symposium. It contains results of several years of research about the economies of six East...

The beginning of the 1990’s illustrated a reference moment for the former Soviet countries, inclusively for Romania, in all the hypostases admitted by the challenge of transition to market economy. Most of nations explored the complex reconversion process, which was intended to be a gradual...

On the basis of an overview of theoretical and empirical studies on central banks’ independence, the paper assesses the independence of the central banks of the former USSR republics including the RF, as well as those of East European countries. An analysis of the potential existence of a...

The study of the economic growth process has older implications. The preoccupation for the study of the economic growth has existed beginning with the representatives of the Classical School and continuing with the Keynesians, Neokeynesians, and Neoclassics. A series of empirical studies have...

On the basis of an overview of theoretical and empirical studies on central banks’ independence, the paper assesses the independence of the central banks of the former USSR republics including the RF, as well as those of East European countries. An analysis of the potential existence of a...

Im klassischen Beitrag von Salant, Switzer und Reynolds (1983) wird für symmetrische Unternehmungen gezeigt, daß bei Verfolgung einer Mengenpolitik Fusionen zur Einschränkung des Wettbewerbs nur dann für die beteiligten Unternehmungen lohnend sind, wenn wenigstens 80 % der Unternehmungen an...

Limited access of small enterprises to reliable and well-prepared information about their condition is mentioned as one of the main barriers to small business development. One of the key types of information used in management is financial information. It concerns the resources and financial...

New international standards for environmental auditing are now being actively promoted by public authorities and adopted by private firms. One important feature of these standards is their emphasis on managerial systems and incentives that support a wiser use of environmental resources. This...

The transport sector in Spain is a branch of economic activity which is already of great importance according to its own invoicing, value added and occupation figures, in addition to its indirect economic effects. It has an additional strategic value for economic policy, since it constitutes a...

The sensitivity in the public urban transport sector, focusing on a progressive improvement in the economic and technical management of passenger services and the need to design a transparent public finance system and according to the current economic circumstances, has led to increased interest...