This paper tests for the existence of a non-linear pattern in the process of real economic convergence. It uses a sample of 88 countries for the period 1980-1999.

Romanian Abstract: Complexitatea procesului de frezare necesită o cunoaştere cât mai aprofundată şi modelarea fenomenelor existente în timpul aşchierii. Se dovedeşte indispensabilă dezvoltarea unor modele de aşchiere care au în vedere caracterul tridimensional al procesului de...

The scope of the present paper is to point out the general relevant European policy initiatives designed to sustain financial integration within the Economic and Monetary Union((EMU) member states. We structured our research on two chapters, as follows: the first one studies the main barriers...

The paper characterizes five operational versions of the macromodels of the Romanian transition economy, elaborated during 1995-2000 years. • The first (1996) was finalized after the author’s visit at the Hoover Institution. This version, as well as the following ones, took into...