The new version of the CGE model of the Slovenian economy based on the 1998 SAM was used for simulations of the consequences of further foreign trade liberalisation after 1998 as the outcome of implementation of Free Trade Agreements and the European Agreement, adaptation of the Customs Tariff...

This paper presents a comparative study of the importance of direct technology transfer and spillovers through FDI on a set of 10 transition countries, using a common methodology and appropriate methods to account for selection and simultaneity correction. This paper considers by far the largest...

In the Republic of Croatia, there are several sources of medium-temperature geothermal water in the range of 90–140°C, with which it is possible to produce electricity in binary plants, either with the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) or with the Kalina cycle. In the literature, the Kalina cycle...

The paper examines the determinants of productivity growth in foreign manufacturing subsidiaries in five Central and East European (CEE) countries by analysing patterns of control, nature of firms' capabilities and firms' market orientations. Building on the so-called 'subsidiary development'...

Slovenia belongs to a group of EU member states that have reduced their personal income tax burden during the late-2000s financial and economic crisis. The latest changes, introduced in the personal income tax system during the last two years, have primarily reduced the tax burden on low-income...