In this paper, we seek to know whether the smallholders in Senegal can benefit from the high world prices. By means of Enders and Siklos (2001) approach, we analyzed the asymmetry of price transmission from the global market to the Dakar market which is the central market in Senegal. Moreover,...

This paper uses panel data on bilateral FDI flows in the European Union to empirically analyze the impact of labor and corporate taxations on FDI decisions. While the effect of corporate taxes on FDI is well documented, the impact of labor taxes on FDI has been neglected. This is surprising...

Concerns specific to central bank independency, both on scientific and practical levels, have highly occurred in the ninth decade of the last century, thanks to the existence of some global and regional factors: adopting the objective related to steadiness of prices, liberalization of capitals...

With the current global economic crisis, European preaccesion and structural funds allocated by the European Unioun (which were and are quite consistent for Romania) may represent significant financial support for the acceding countries and those that joined in 2004 and 2007 to provide resources...

Considering social security as an autonomous and distinct phenomenon, as a constant and growing concern of the authorities to protect people affected by certain risks, simultaneously and without any reservation, we must accept the existence of a social security law. Social security research in...

The current complexity of life, carrying with it direct interdependencies, but also uncertainties of interpretation or misinterpretations, marked the process of European integration. The European Union is currently in an unprecedented stage. The twenty-seven states have generated a specific...

From ancient time, in the name of an primer instinct became a reason of being, the man travel, conquered the spaces from the need of relationship and progress. Alexander Macedonian, Napoleon Bonaparte are leaders of the crowds which carried the expansion in the name of ”vital space” through...

The scope of this article is to point out how the present financial crisis is affecting the European payments landscape and the Single Euro Payments Area implementation. The current unpredictable and very challenging market situation has not fundamentally changed the fact that payment services...

The present paper analyses the export performance of the New Member States in terms of export growth and market share in the period of 2000-2009. Also, the main factors that prompt the external competitiveness in these economies are determined. The results show that the most dynamic New Member...

The issue that we tried to analyse in this paper is related to how we could keep what Jean Monnet proposed and realized in the last 50 years, whereas the current economic and political situation requires it. The European Union is the lab of successful experiences regarding unification. We...