The economic indicators of the new member states of the EU that joined after 2004 have been generally positive. In this … paper, we analyse and interpret the economic development results of the 11 new Member States from the Eastern bloc. The set … of individual economic indicators gives us a relatively realistic picture of the differences in development in individual …

be read independently. However, the chapters are mutually related and contribute to the discussion on how economic … inequality, institutions, and economic and infrastructure policies can influence welfare and political stability. Chapter 2 … examines how relative economic deprivation influences the support for radical parties. Chapter 3 examines how trade openness …

experience. -- transformation ; economic growth ; development ; institutions ; economic policy ; post-Communist transition … schools of economic thought. Consequently, theoretical lessons as well as policy implications can be learned from this vast …

This paper investigates the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty on economic growth in the presence of fiscal … macroeconomic uncertainty in different regimes of economic growth in South Africa. Three states are found for economic growth, with … transition probabilities of economic growth moving and returning to the same states are 29.46%, 34.07%, and 58.02%, in each state …

Progress in achieving institutional changes should be evaluated through the prism of their influence on the development … have been five distinct periods from the viewpoint of economic growth. Had there been a better policy coordination of … systemic change and socioeconomic development, GDP growth over the periods considered could have increased by more than half …

schools of economic thought. Consequently, theoretical lessons as well as policy implications can be learned from this vast …

also the practical experience over the past 15 years demonstrates that faster economic growth, and hence also more broadly …, socioeconomic development, is attained by those countries which take greater care to foster the institutional reinforcement of … growth. Another indispensable component is an appropriately designed and implemented economic policy which must not confuse …