The aim of this chapter is to provide empirically supported evidence regarding regional development and inequalities in the European Union by focusing specifically on the Central and Eastern European countries. The process of European integration has impacted on the growth potential of all...

In this paper, the evolution of income inequality in five Central and Eastern European (CEE) post-socialist countries, members of the European Union (EU) - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia - are examined. The similarities of political and economic changes in these...

Our paper builds on the importance of high-tech manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services as significant competitiveness and economic growth drivers in the European Union and offers a fresh approach of the study on the competitiveness of secondary and tertiary high-tech industries across EU...

In the light of the research which proves that inflation expectations cannot be fully explained by inflation itself, a question about the possible drivers of expectations arises. In this paper, we look for such drivers with the use of the cointegration analysis. We assume that some economic...

The relationship between domestic saving and investment provides important insights for the integration of national financial markets into the world capital market. In case of perfect financial integration, it is generally assumed that there should be no close relationship between national...

The objective of our paper is to investigate how the access to finance affects the creation of new business in EU, by identifying the relationship between several indicators, measuring the access to finance, the specifics of business environment, and the dynamics of new business creation. Our...

From year to year, the surety bonds (insurance guarantees) are becoming a more and more popular form of securing receivables of business entities, which is caused by many economic and legal factors. Increasingly, an alternative to civil liability insurance or bills is usually required by law for...

This chapter shows the possibility of introducing the usage-based insurance (UBI) for the sake of the individualisation of compulsory motor Third-Party liability insurance premiums with the aim of achieving the stability in Central and Eastern European markets and bringing them closer to the...