In the literature there are a lot of factors considered as banking non-performing loans (NPL) determinants. However, one factor is missing: banking CEO talent. In the present paper an effort will be made to estimate the impact of banking CEO talent on banking NPLs. To this end Eviews software...

The aim of the present paper is to show that entrepreneurial caliber and firm birth rate (start-ups) are very highly positively related and thus can be used alternatively as indicators for entrepreneurial talent. This fact enables researchers to use either of these above two indicators according...

In the present paper an attempt has been made to estimate how political stability affects economic growth. This analysis refers to the three economic poles (EU, Japan and the United States) for the period (1998-2013). The findings of present model are in agreement with (Alberto et al., 1996; Aisen...

In the present paper an attempt has been made to estimate how political stability affects stock prices. This analysis refers to EU, Japan and the United States for the period (1997–2012). The findings of present model are in agreement with (Nixon, 2014); (Voth, 2001). The econometric model...

In the present paper an attempt has been made to estimate how economic (financial) crisis and confidence to the EU institutions affect political stability. This analysis refers to the Western Europe for the period (1999-2012). The econometric model used is based on the Eviews software package

It is worldwide held that there are many reasons causing shadow economy. It is also well known that shadow economy affects many sectors of the economy and it is difficult to be restricted without side-effects. The contribution of the present article is the introduction of a new shadow economy...

In this paper it is pointed out that tourism sector, apart from its contribution to economic growth, it also improves income distribution but only in the southern European countries. Further, it is shown that economic growth and crisis do not affect income distribution. Data are taken from...

In this paper it is econometrically examined how in Western Europe and Japan during the period 2000-2012 economic freedom, as well as financial crisis affect income distribution. Data are taken from World Economic Freedom Indicators and Eurostat. The elaboration of these data is made feasible...

In the present paper it will be shown econometrically that in Greece the growth of tourism sector does foster country's economic growth, but (although it decreases unemployment) it does not increase the share of the employment of the tertiary sector in the total volume of country's employment....

It will be shown that in Germany GDP growth is neutral regarding inter-regional differences in GDP per capita. However, economic crisis does worsen inter-regional differences in GDP per capita. In other words, some regions are more vulnerable to economic crisis than others. Data cover all...