Recently added articles from Comparative Economic Studies:
Total factor productivity growth, structural change and convergence in the new members of the European Union.(Symposium Paper)(Report)
Dec 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION A key task for the transition economies that have recently joined the European Union (EU) is real convergence, the catching up with the per capita income levels of the older and more developed members. Although some observers have stressed that this process would ...
TFP growth in old and new Europe.(Symposium Paper)(total factor productivity)(Report)
Dec 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The economic integration of Europe has proceeded rapidly following the disintegration of the iron curtain two decades ago, despite pessimistic expectations of standard growth theory (Barro and Sala-I-Martin, 1991, 2005). Since 1990, growth in Central and Eastern ...
14th Dubrovnik Economic Conference symposium.(Symposium Introduction)
Dec 01, 2009; ... The Croatian National Bank's annual Dubrovnik conferences are a mainstay for research on a changing world economy. The tradition established by the Central Bank of Croatia continued with the 14th Dubrovnik Economic Conference which was held from 25-28 June 2008. In this ...
Speed of adjustment to selected labour market and tax reforms.(Symposium Paper)(Report)
Dec 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION The long-term impact of structural reforms on economic performance has been studied in depth, for example, in the context of the revisited OECD Jobs Strategy. The impact of institutions on economic resilience to temporary shocks is also well documented (Duval et ...
The determinants of cross-border lending in the euro zone.(Symposium Paper)(Report)
Dec 01, 2009; ... INTRODUCTION In the recent years, European financial market integration has made a big leap forward. Yet, retail banking is lagging far behind. Most researchers and practitioners agree that banking markets are still least integrated, regardless whether they base their assessment ...