Our study characterizes the outward FDI phenomenon in Romania in the light of Dunning’s Investment Development Path theory, based on the relationship between a country’s development level and its net international investment position, that has previously been applied to most CEE countries...

This paper approaches the theme of social security within European Union, by referring to the social protection models, social contributions, social allowances, and associated risks. The question of social security systems coordination in the EU is also addressed within this study, representing...

This study approaches the theme of shadow economy with special attention on tax evasion within European Union. Our aim is to highlight the dynamics of tax evasion, its causes and effects. The possibilities and mostly the difficulties to quantify the tax evasion are emphasized. Tax burden is...

The present study has both a theoretical and empirical approaches. Models of labor taxation, key concepts and implications upon the unemployment rate are highlighted to fixe the theoretical background. The case study firstly consists in analyzing indicators like tax wedge, personal income tax...

The paper aims to provide quantitative background for policy prescriptions in EU Member States facing dependence on value added tax revenues. Our methods include a descriptive analysis and also an empirical study on the main determinants of value added tax revenues that resorts to panel...

Confronted with an economic decline or slower growth rates in crisis and post-crisis periods, CEE governments have searched for new means to re-launch growth. The aim of this work is to evaluate the extent to which government arrangements sustain economic growth in CEECs. The centralized economy...

The transformation of the aforetime planned economies in market economies created the need of capitals financed early on transition period by funds out coming from privatization programs. But soon, the internal funding was revealed insufficient and was substituted by the foreign direct...

Even promoted in a systematic manner, the policy of FDI attraction in order to generate economic growth in the Central and Eastern European countries is not totally justified. There are numerous theoretical fundaments but also the empirical evidences that contradict the catalytic role or...