Purpose - The key question addressed in the paper is whether creativity fostering methods increase innovation output in Croatian firms. Design/methodology/approach - By utilizing the Community Innovation Survey 2010 data and propensity score matching methods, we estimate the average treatment...

The aim of the paper is to explore the role of trade in aligning the synchronisation patterns between the South Eastern European (SEE) countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia – and members of the euro area. More...

We study the degree of business cycle similarity between the Central and South-Eastern European (CESEE) countries and the Eurozone members. The special emphasis is put on the differences between countries that have already joined the European Union and those that are in different stages of...

Information on the key sectors of an economy can have important policy implications. This paper identifies key sectors in Croatia based on the recently published input-output table for year 2004. Comparison of different methodological approaches used in the paper suggests that identified key...

Purpose – The key question addressed in the paper is whether creativity fostering methods increase innovation output in Croatian firms.Design/methodology/approach – By utilizing the Community Innovation Survey 2010 data and propensity score matching methods, we estimate the average treatment...

The main goal of the paper is to estimate the NAIRU for Croatian economy and to discuss the implications of this indicator. The paper provides time-varying estimates of the NAIRU for 2000q1-2011q1 period, which were obtained by applying the Kalman filter method. The results reveal that the...