Spain has become a country of immigration very fast and in an unusual way. At the beginning of the year 2000, foreigners represented barely 2% of the total population, a figure which rose to 12% and exceeded 5.7 million in 2012. Considering its population size, Spain was the country which...

Some months after the presentation of 2009 SVIMEZ's Annual Report on Mezzogiorno's economy, the analysis it proposes shows the dramatic effects of crisis in the South of Italy. Despite expectations, it was unavoidable since Mezzogiorno was in crisis before crisis would arise. Over 2009, then,...

The article evaluates the current economic crisis’ impact on changes in the adoption of fiscal policy measures for 16 euro-area countries in the 2004–2012 period and compares those changes with fiscal policy measures introduced in Slovenia. In general, the results suggest that the adopted...

Population aging is one of the major social and economic challenges of the 21st century. Major causes for population aging are reduction in birth rates and rising life expectancy. The purpose of this paper is to present the causes which affect the life expectancy of the world population. We...

European higher education systems are at stake, since global economic and financial crisis emerged in 2009. The aim of the paper was to test the research question: How did higher education funding change in response to the crisis (compared with pre-crisis period)? We observed changes in higher...

Application of provisions of macroeconomic policy in order to ensure the stability of the banking system, especially, of the financial system as a whole is one of the strengths point of the concept of sustainable development. From one side, management of systemic risk requires orientation of...

The economic crisis that began in 2007 led to lower global economic growth, which generated lower revenues, including the decrease of the taxes. At EU level, at the beginning of the financial crisis the share of taxes in GDP was 39.3% in 2008, recorded a downward trend in 2009 and 2010,...

Romania is among the countries with the most diversified tourism products due to the natural resources it holds, the unique flora and fauna biodiversity in Europe. We can say that it is still a largely agricultural country with a generous rural area that offers attractive scenery and...

The financial and economic crisis that began in 2007 and deeply felt in Romania from 2008 affected the real economy and had a profound impact on the whole society. This study seeks the impact of the crisis on the evolution of taxes in Romania and in the European Union. The main fiscal evolutions...

The Euro Plus Pact was approved by 23 EU countries in March 2011. The Pact stipulates a range of quantitative targets meant to strengthen competitiveness and convergence with the ultimate aim of preventing the accumulation of unsustainable financial imbalances. This paper uses Granger causality...