The Central and Eastern European countries' prospects of becoming EU members depend heavily on, among other things, their per capita GDP levels. It is shown that the neoclassical growth model does not yet adequately describe the growth process in these countries. This makes a direct growth...

Examination of the relationship between collective bargaining and budget-making process in public institutions in Illinois. Relationship between the bargaining process and legal requirements for establishing fiscal years; Budget making by schools; Budget making by municipalities; Policy...

Examines the relations between collective bargaining in the public sector and budget-making under economic stress. Differences between the negotiating parties in assumptions about the budget; Implication of the tight economic situation for the duration of the bargaining period; Description of the...

The Carbon Kuznets hypothesis conjectures an inverse U{shape relation between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions. We investigate a number of empirical problems with this hypothesis by way of both econometric analysis and CGE modelling. The econometric analysis takes into account the possibility of...