The definition of the environmental Kuznets curve is a hypothesized relationship between certain indicators of environmental degradation and income per capita. It has an inverse U shape which shows that pollution increases initially as a country develops its industry and thereafter declines...

In the paper we estimate an econometric model to analyse the relationship between greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture, the share of organic farming area in total utilized agricultural area and the dynamics of gross value added from agriculture as a share of GDP. The data used in...

The paper aims at analysing the way the model developed by European Union for the European regions can be applied to Romanian regions using a regional competitiveness definition pointed out in the 6th Periodic Report on regions. The paper presents in the beginning a short economic analysis of...

The dynamics of employment in final services depends on a set of economic, social and cultural factors. On the other hand, the increase in the population incomes (and the influence of some national factors) leads to an increase in the demand for services. However, the relatively poor...

In a recent paper, Professor Dobrescu (2011) analyses the relationship between sectoral structure and economic growth, using data on the world economy for the period 1970-2008. In this paper, we try to extend this relationship at regional level. Concretely, using the Toda-Yamamoto version of the...

The projection model of demand for labor with higher education (MCFMSS) and medium-term forecasts make a consistent pattern, circumscribed to the standard macroeconomic theories, which adequately reflect the peculiarities of the Romanian economy and generates plausible results. Due to its...