The Portuguese growth and convergence experience after EU membership can be divided into two periods: 1986-1998, a convergence period during which growth in the Portuguese economy accelerated and Portugal grew faster than the EU14 average; and a stagnation/divergence period from 1999 onwards when...

The Republic of Serbia has declared accession of the European Union to be the main strategic goal and recognized the EU Sustainable Development Strategy as a guiding framework for the future development. In the first commitment period of Kyoto Protocol (2008-2012) the Republic of Serbia, as...

The main task of competition policy is to ensure and preserve the functionality of the market by providing equal business conditions and equal opportunities for the success to all market participants. A prerequisite to satisfactory results in this field is institutionally defined and completed...

Since its creation in 1957, the European Union (EU) has 27 member states today. The process of the enlargement of the EU is not finished yet, and the EU opens its doors to the other countries, mainly Western Balkan countries – so Serbia is the part. We present here the actual situation of the...

The development of SMEs is very sensitive to the overall economic situation of every country such as the dynamics of economic growth, stability of the local currency, supply and demand on the home and foreign markets and the state’s micro-economic policy. This paper discusses the SME...

Proportionally large share in gross domestic product, long-standing tradition and favorable climate conditions for organization of great deal of production lines in agriculture, have contributed to a fact that Serbian agriculture was awarded a status of development priority, and agriculture...

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises are recognized as the backbone of every economy and the key source of economic growth, dynamism and flexibility in advanced industrialized, as well as in transitional and developing countries. Policymakers are conclusive in attempt to promote the more dynamic...

The convergence of Serbia’s banking sector to the EU Member States banking sectors may be investigated by the comparative analysis of some relevant indicators. This analysis uses indicators such as sector development, structures, capacities and performances by the methodology of the European...

In this paper we look at the evolution of the R&D intensity gap between the EU and its major competitors using data from the Industrial Scoreboard covering the period 2002-2010. We focus on R&D intensity as it is normally recognized as an important determinant of the competitiveness of economic...

The main objective of this paper is to describe and analyse the challenges of an integrated economic modelling for policy support. The quantitative analysis and assessment of agricultural, rural development and related policies (e.g. trade, energy, environment, and climate change) is an...