In the paper we analyze economic university research and education in transition countries. University system differs from industry in the nature of output that it produces. University system is engaged in production of public goods rather than private goods. The sector also suffers from the...

This paper evaluates economic universities and research institutes in Slovakia with respect to research output. The quality of a given university or research institute is measured by the stock approach, i.e., current staff publication activity as recorded in the SSCI and EconLit databases. Our...

The article discusses different causes of financial crises and shows that the imputation of reinvested profits of the subsidiaries of foreign firms as a debit item on a host country's balance of payments account tends to overstate the current account deficit and to make the host country seem...

The paper is based on a broader study of three authors: Mlcoch, Machonin and Sojka. The underestimation of institutions both formal and informal ones, including business ethics was the key weakness of ex-Prime Minister Václav Klaus Czech way of transition during 1989-99. Then, the rhetoric of...