while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is …

This short note provides a framework for looking at public sector governance and productivity improvements. It argues … that the role of government in enhancing productivity growth is two-fold. First, government should provide an environment … that is conducive in improving total factor productivity in private sector production. Second, government should work to …

Ähnlich wie in den anderen MOEL hatte auch in der Slowakei der Systemwechsel Anfang der 90er Jahre drastische Folgen … marktpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen der Slowakei. … sectors in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian consumers reacted to the abolition of consumer subsidies by drastically reducing …

aged 30-34). This article, on an example of Slovakia, provides an analysis of both positive and negative impact of …

transmission mechanism in Slovakia. Subject to various sensitivity checks, we find that contractionary monetary policy shock has a … policy shock on Slovak prices is more powerful than that of the National Bank of Slovakia. Slovak central bank interest rate …

, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, whose economic structure is characterized by strong export orientation. We …

The recent admission of Slovakia into the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) stands in sharp contrast with the … reasons: first, during the early phase of the transition process Hungary was way ahead of Slovakia, and second, the high level … Slovakia. This implies that in the absence of an elite consensus on continuing the reforms, the current success of Slovakia …