European integration leads to convergence as well as divergence between the countries included in the integration process. For example, increased technological spillovers lead to convergence of the production processes used in the EU-countries, whereas specialization leads to divergence on...

Η σημερινή οικονομική κρίση έχει επηρεάσει σημαντικά το επίπεδο ανισότητας και φτώχειας, στα περισσότερα κράτη μέλη της Ευρωζώνης και ιδιαίτερα στις περιοχές...

Βασικός στόχος του άρθρου αυτού είναι η επισκόπηση στα βασικά θέματα που αφορούν την πορεία και εξέλιξη της Ε. E.. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, στο άρθρο αυτό θα...

Η Ελλάδα είναι μια καπιταλιστική οικονομία με τον δημόσιο τομέα να πρωταγωνιστεί στην συμμετοχή του ΑΕΠ της χώρας (περίπου 40% του ΑΕΠ). Η ελληνική οικονομία...

This paper examines the possible macroeconomic consequences of changes in trend of productivity growth for European countries. Overall the results suggest that a rise in trend factor productivity will lead to higher levels of production and real income, however employment adjustment will depend...

Public expenditure is efficient if its planning and policy objectives are achieved and inefficient if they are not. Efficiency is measured by an index of observed and desired performance and involves a comparison of actual performance with optimal performance located on the relevant frontier....

The program Learning for Community Action in the Sector of for Life Learningwas for life enacted with the Decision of European Parliament and Council with fundamentalobjective to contribute in the growth of Community as a advanced society of knowledge, withsustainable economic growth, more and...

Tourism plays a crucial role for national economies throughout the world. In Europe, international tourism receipts were almost three times higher in the late 1990s than they were in the late 1980s. Tourism has great potential as regards contributing to the achievements of several major EU...

This paper investigates the relationship between productivity and technological change. The question that we shall address in this paper, is whether the recent slow down in productivity can be explained by the slow-down of innovation activities. This paper measures the effects from productivity...