During the first decade after the turn towards democracy and market economy, Hungary's society experienced profound changes that affected its regions, towns, villages and individual places in different ways. This is documented by thirteen essays that analyse related political, legal,...

This volume sheds new light on economic developments in several countries of Southeast Europe. The European Union and especially the eurozone continue to experience rhythms of fiscal crisis, as can most clearly be seen in the debt crisis in the South Periphery. Despite the fact that several...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...

Telecommunications are increasingly recognized as a key component in the infrastructure of economic development. For many years, there were state-owned monopolies in the telecommunications sector. In transition economies, they were characterized by especially poor performance and high access...

The latest global financial and economic crisis of 2008 has shown the need to re-examine the desirability of financial liberalization. This book is undertaking such a study on the issue of financial and market liberalization by adopting sophisticated econometric methods. It examines the effects...

In this book the author investigates the impact of demographic change on economic growth. As a result of the current financial crisis, a new view on economics has been demanded by various scientists. The author provides such a new view on economic growth, using a methodology of system dynamics....

1 Introduction -- Part I: Theory of Economic Growth -- 2 Neoclassical Growth Theory and Standard Models -- 3 Growth Models with Spatial Externalities -- 4 Convergence: Theory and Evidence -- Part II: A Model of Regional Growth -- 5 Remarks on Regional Growth -- 6 Structure of the Model -- 7...

Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Somali People: Between Trusteeship and Independence -- 3 Analysis of the Economic System of Somalia -- 4 Companies and Firms in Italian Somalia -- 5 International Aid to Somalia -- Conclusion -- Appendices