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October 2024, Volume 15
- 292-316 The sense of security in the face of the war in Ukraine. Comparative study of Poland and the Czech Republic
by Tomasz MARCINKOWSKI & Juliusz SIKORSKI & Lukáš VOMLELA
June 2024, Volume 15(1)
- 5-40 Assessing the benefits of European integration: a comparative and algorithmic approach
by Sara CASAGRANDE & Bruno DALLAGO - 41-71 Prisoner in the cage of history? Its influence in understanding the current tolerance of bribery in Romania
by Aurelian-PetruÈ™ PLOPEANU & Daniel HOMOCIANU - 72-91 The virtual general meetings of shareholders in times of crisis - legal aspects
by Kosjenka DUMANCIC & Dominik VULETIC - 92-112 The uncertainty of Brexit and COVID -19 as factors determining EU exports
by Zuzana KITTOVA & Dusan STEINHAUSER & Simona KRIVOSUDSKA - 113-133 Resilience of the Ukrainian society in wartime: components and influencing factors
by Olga REZNIKOVA & Oleksandr KORNIIEVSKYI - 134-156 Did Covid-19 strengthen the relationship between human capital and income? Evidence from administrative data
by Merilen LAURIMAE & Tiiu PAAS - 157-176 How competitive is Romania's agro-export sector? Study from 2012 to 2021
by Medalit DE LA CRUZ CASTELLANOS & Ana LucÃa Nieto OCHOA & Katia Soledad RAMOS LEON & Miguel Angel CAPUNAY REATEGUI & Danton Arturo ESCALANTE YAULILAHUA - 177-200 In-between a dream and a nightmare? Assessing the impact of 'Wartime Politicisation' on EU enlargement policy after 2022
by Miruna BUTNARU-TRONCOTÄ‚ - 201-218 Are there more than three regimes in the output-unemployment relationship? A panel quantile regression estimates of Okun's gap model in EU countries
by Mindaugas BUTKUS & Laura DARGENYTE-KACILEVICIENE & Kristina MATUZEVICIUTE & Dovile RUPLIENE & Janina SEPUTIENE - 219-249 Boosting the cultural dimension of sustainable development - from grassroots to policy level
by Mihaela CLINCU & Alexandru BÄ‚NICÄ‚ - 250-271 Does women's empowerment improve women's education? A cross-sectional study of 27 transitional post-communist countries
by Alena AUCHYNNIKAVA & Nazim HABIBOV & Yunhong LYU - 272-297 The role of socioeconomic variables in the regional inequalities of COVID-19 mortality in Hungary
by Balázs PAGER & Csaba G. TOTH & Annamária UZZOLI - 298-323 Exploring local income inequalities by using spatial statistics. Emphasis on Romanian metropolitan areas
by Cosmina-Daniela URSU & József BENEDEK - 324-344 The Ukraine crisis: Poland as a strategic crossroad in Eastern Europe
by Simant Shankar BHARTI & Saroj Kumar ARYAL & Andrii KUTSYK - 345-360 Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods: a balanced approach to management research
by Jolanta BIENKOWSKA & Czesław SIKORSKI - 361-382 Are LEADER principles achieved in Local Action Groups? A systematic assessment of local representatives' perception
by Ana-Maria OPRIA & Ema CORODESCU-ROȘCA & Lucian ROȘU
October 2024, Volume 15(SI)
- 5-13 Editorial: Ukraine in the XXI century - the multidimensional challenges for the country and international community
by Bartosz CZEPIL & Oksana KRAYEVSKA & Marina ANDEVA - 14-51 A humanitarian superpower? The situation of the Ukrainian refugees and its evolution in Poland after the Russian invasion of February 24, 2022
by Bartosz CZEPIL & Jarosław JAŃCZAK - 89-112 Czech immigration and integration policy before and after the war in Ukraine
by Kateřina ŽENKOVà RUDINCOVà & Lukáš VOMLELA - 134-154 Does rhetoric matter? Narratives of the Visegrad Group and Baltic States' leaders on Ukraine's accession to the EU
by Anatoliy KHUDOLIY & Vadym ZHELTOVSKYY - 155-171 Ukraine - Kosovo - EU: old dilemmas and challenges of the Ukrainian - Russian war
by Olexiy MOROZ - 172-191 The approximation of the Ukrainian social legislation to the EU acquis in times of war: the key challenges for reforms
by Alla FEDOROVA & Ondrej HAMUĽà K - 192-212 The Ukraine-EU Summits as a mechanism for implementing the Association Agreement
by Markiyan MALSKYY & Nataliya ANTONYUK & Marianna GLADYSH & Oksana KRAYEVSKA - 232-246 The EU's enlargement and NATO's prospects in the context of the war and post-war political dynamics
by Valentin NAUMESCU - 247-267 Pragmatic foreign policy of Hungary in the shadow of the Russian-Ukrainian war
by Andrea SCHMIDT & Viktor GLIED - 268-291 The public diplomacy of Ukraine in wartime: a path to reputational security
by Petro SUKHOROLSKYI & Iryna SUKHOROLSKA - 317-339 The art of war: examining the visual narratives of Ukrainian video games
by Tetiana ZINOVIEVA - 340-343 BOOK REVIEW: Marina Andeva et al. (Eds.), Non-Territorial Autonomy - An Introduction, Palgrave Macmillan
by Hynek BÖHM
June 2023, Volume 14(1)
- 5-30 The EU's resilience and the management of hybrid threats coming from the Eastern neighbourhood: Belarus and the deliberate facilitation of irregular immigration
by Edina Lilla MESZAROS & Constantin Vasile Èšoca - 31-56 Organizational resilience assessment in Lithuania's public sector
by Mindaugas BUTKUS & Ona Grazina Rakauskiene & Lina Volodzkiene & Andrius Stasiukynas & Ilona Bartuseviciene & Laura Darenyte-Kacileviciene - 57-78 Maximizing city sizes or maximizing spatial interaction between cities. A look into the relative evolution of Romanian city regions from 1948 to 2021
by Tomaz Ponce Dentinho & Gabriela Carmen Pascariu & Cristina Pantelica & Daniela Constantin & Patricio Aroca - 79-103 Does “Fortress Europe” have an alternative? EU member states between solidarity and national interests
by Said TOPAL & Branislav Radeljic - 104-120 TGender wage gap - occupation and industries analysis for Poland
by Anna Zachorowska-Mazurkiewicz & Agata Gomólka - 121-142 Government policies for tourism in Romania during the COVID-19 pandemic: a stakeholders’ perspective
by Alexandra Cehan & Corneliu Ia?u - 143-158 Ukraine-EU-Africa: the agro-exports correlation issues
by Oksana KIFORENKO - 159-180 The role of farm size in production efficiency: evaluating the farms in Czechia since the EU accession
by Jana Lososová & Radek Zdenek & Martin Maršík - 181-197 Deployment of creative actors and varieties of their impact on the quaternary sector and regional growth:a case study of NUTS2 regions of the Czech Republic
by Kamila TURECKOVÁ & Jan Nevima & František Varadzin & Jakub Trojan & Anna Vanová & Darina Rojíková & Stanislav Martinát - 198-226 The agribusiness ecosystem as a way to a balanced recovery of the agrarian economy of Ukraine
by Natalia SKOROBOGATOVA - 227-243 Effects of Covid-19 on cultural relativism and state sovereignty
by Avni RUDAKU & Selim Daku - 244-260 External communication of international organisations: theoretical and practical aspects in the context of public diplomacy
by Halyna PALAMARCHUK & Kostiantyn POLISHCHUK - 261-283 Macroeconomic factors, liquidity issues and research and development investments: empirical evidence from the EU pharmaceutical industry
by Mihaela CUREA & Iuliana Ungureanu & Marilena Mironiuc - 284-306 Economic and regional development through SNA: the case of the unemployment rate in NUTS 2 regions of the EU
by Pagona Filenta & Dimitrios Kydros - 307-310 Elaine Fahey and Isabella Mancini (eds.), Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor. Ambitions, Values and Metrics, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 314 pages, ISBN 978-1-80220-297-7
by Ioana-Maria Ursache
November 2023, Volume 14(SI)
- 5-12 Editorial: Tourism of the future - opportunities and challenges of smart technologies and digitalization
by Sébastien BOURDIN & Leïla Kebir & Stanislav Ivanov & Oana Mihaela Stoleriu - 13-36 European smart specialisation strategies (RIS3): catalysts for tourism innovations?
by Sébastien BOURDIN & Philippe JEAN-PIERRE & David PERRAIN - 37-57 Examining short-term rentals' influence on tourists' well-being using Airbnb reviews
by Cristina LUPU & Ana BROCHADO - 58-78 Effects of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) drivers on customers' behaviour
by Galina ILIEVA & Diyana BOTEVA - 79-95 Effects of social media on restaurant visit intention and willingness to pay more: generation Z
by Sercan ARAS - 96-115 Unfolding visitor experiences at music festivals through online reviews
by Oana Mihaela STOLERIU & Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu & Marina Madalina Caciula - 116-134 Can digital nomads solve the problem of tourist economy? The case of Croatian islands
by Peter Gladoić HAKANSSON & Predrag Bejaković - 136-158 The geography of social media platform attention for tourist attractions - spatial digital data analytics of scenic hot spots in China
by Huiqin LI & Jingyan PAN & Yujie HUI & Jingjing LIU & Peter NIJKAMP - 159-180 A nexus between foreign students, foreign medical students, international tourism and health tourism - global trends and the case of Turkey
by Ana Maria AGUDARU & Alina TARAN - 181-202 Tourism in the National Recovery and Resilience Plans of the EU member states
by Sonia MILEVA & Zlatina LYUTOVA
December 2023, Volume 14(2)
- 5-21 Generalized Q analysis as a new tool in social science research - a pedagogical introduction
by Tomaz Ponce Dentinho & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp - 22-44 Innovation vouchers and cooperation: a different approach in two countries with a shared history
by Viktorie Klimova & Klaudia Glittova & Vladimir Zitek - 76-107 The relationship between macroeconomic variables and stock market indices: evidence from Central and Eastern European countries
by Marie Ligocka - 108-132 Primary energy consumption and economic growth:the case of Greece
by Anna Triantafyllidou & Persefoni Polychronidou & Ioannis Mantzaris - 133-161 Informal entrepreneurship and the circular economy in Hungary: entrepreneurial practices of informal Roma municipal waste collectors
by Tim Gittins & Laszlo Letenyei - 162-177 The role of administrative court in ensuring human rights protection under martial law
by Aurika Paskar - 178-199 The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the resilience of the labour market in the Polish-German borderland
by Ewa Lazniewska & Tomasz Gorecki & Joanna Kurowska-Pysz - 200-220 The rationale behind the Russian invasion of Ukraine: all-or-nothing?
by OÄŸuz A. Turhan - 221-244 Key political issues in the reform of Romanian judiciary under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism
by Ovidiu Gherasim-Proca - 245-264 The nexus between digital skills' dynamics and employment in the pandemic context
by Dumitru Filipeanu & Florin Alexandru Luca & Liviu-George Maha & Viorel Țarcă & Claudiu Gabriel Țigănaș - 265-268 BOOK REVIEW: Nick Miller, The Nonconformists. Culture, Politics, and Nationalism in a Serbian Intellectual Circle, 1944-1991
by Bashkim Rrahmani
June 2022, Volume 13(1)
- 5-25 From local informalities to meritocracy. How Central and Eastern European social scientists perceive the norms of their field
by Csilla HERENDY & Marton DEMETER & Sára Simon & Manuel GOYANES - 26-59 Human capital and labour market resilience over time: a regional perspective of the Portuguese case
by Marta SIMÕES & João Sousa ANDRADE & Adelaide DUARTE - 60-80 Immigrants on the Slovak labour market: who is more resilient to the impacts of COVID-19?
by Andrej KINER & Radoslav ŠTEFANČà K - 81-105 Population ageing and sustainable fiscal policy in Czechia
by Kateřina GAWTHORPE - 106-122 Relations with the Global South, solidarity and pragmatism in Hungarian foreign policy since the 1960s - a focus on Africa
by István TARRÓSY & Dániel SOLYMà RI - 123-147 The currency board in Bulgaria and its impact on sectoral economic activity
by Nikolay PEYKOV - 148-166 A composite indicator for economic integration maturity: the case of Western Balkan countries
by Viktória ENDRŠDI-KOVà CS & Oleg TANKOVSKI - 167-184 Communicating uncertainty in times of crisis. The legitimization of EU's response to COVID-19 pandemic through the discourse used by the President of the European Commission
by Maria Corina BARBAROS - 185-207 Narrowing the gap in regional and age-specific excess mortality during the COVID-19 in Hungary
by Csaba G. TÓTH - 208-227 No money, no housing security? The role of intergenerational transfers, savings, and mortgage in mobility within and into insecure housing positions in Hungary
by Adrienne CSIZMADY & Ã gnes GYÅ RI & Ã gnes GYÅ RI - 228-253 Testing the weak form efficiency of the French ETF market with the LSTAR-ANLSTGARCH approach using a semiparametric estimation
by Mohamed CHIKHI & Claude DIEBOLT - 254-270 Smart specialisation policy strategy for interregional cooperation: pushing less-developed regions
by Mirko KRUSE & Jan WEDEMEIER - 271-289 Factors affecting food waste awareness in Turkey. The case of Corum province
by Güngör KARAKAŞ - 290-308 A new institutional approach to the study of the Soviet-type economy
by Tamara TODOROVA & Aleksandar VASILEV - 309-329 The role of focusing events on agenda-setting: changes in the Lithuanian security policy agenda after the annexation of Crimea
by Vytautas VALENTINAVIÄŒIUS - 330-350 Investigation of the perspectives of citizens receiving public social assistance during Covid-19 in Turkey
by Mete Kaan NAMAL & Aynur YUMURTACI & Bulent ARPAT
December 2022, Volume 13(2)
- 5-23 FDI inflows, human development and export upgrading: evidence from EU transition economies
by Yilmaz BAYAR & Laura DIACONU (MAXIM) - 24-53 Trade and FDI connectivity in Europe: the European Union, Western Balkans and new EU candidate countries
by Alena DORAKH - 54-76 Evaluating the relationship between sustainable development, localisation and the informal economy: evidence from Romania
by Ioana Alexandra HORODNIC & Colin C. WILLIAMS & Iuliana M. CHIÈšAC - 77-98 Women's entrepreneurship in the Republic of Moldova: special needs and policy priorities
by Natalia VINOGRADOVA & Elena ACULAI & Vladislav BOLDURAT - 99-115 The EU's response vs. Chinese vaccine diplomacy in Central and Eastern Europe
by Goran ILIK & Vesna SHAPKOSKI - 116-139 Analysis of the current integration process: from the past to the future of the European Union
by Markéta PEKARČà KOVà & Michaela STANà ČKOVà - 140-159 The democratic legitimacy hierarchy. The scales to determine authorities's legitimacy in democratic states
by Metehan DOÄžAN - 160-184 Gender disparities in COVID-19 job losses across European post-transition economies
by Valerija BOTRIĆ & Tanja BROZ - 185-203 The EU as a norm-maker in resilience and aid delivery: from aid effectiveness to effective cooperation for sustainable development
by George-Mihael MANEA - 204-225 An empirical investigation of the extended Technology Acceptance Model to explain mobile banking adoption
by Korhan K. GOKMENOGLU & Mohamad KAAKEH - 226-245 The family support systems operating in the Visegrad Group countries (V4)
by Csilla CZEGLÉDI & Å ukasz TOMCZYK & Alena ÄŒARÅ OVà & Petr ŘEHOŘ & Michaela SLà DKAYOVà & TÃmea JUHà SZ - 246-262 Analysis of the relationship between the state of cluster development and sustainable growth: evidence from European countries
by Vasyl HYK & Oleh VYSOCHAN & Olha VYSOCHAN - 263-291 Conformity, polarization, and democratic dialogue in times of pathogen threats. Germany and the United States during Covid-19
by Björn TOELSTEDE - 292-316 Regulatory barriers for fintech companies in Central and Eastern Europe
by Albulena SHALA & Rezearta PERRI
October 2022, Volume 13(SI)
- 5-7 Editorial: Focus on Central and Eastern Europe
by Zoltán BRETTER - 9-32 Borders connecting and dividing - East meets West and the borders of the European Union
by Andrea SCHMIDT - 33-52 Eastern Europe, Central Europe, or East Central Europe? Imagined geography of the region
by Leszek NOWAK - 53-72 Is the Visegrad Group disintegrating? A case study on the diversification of the Visegrad states’ EU enlargement policy since 2014
by Christopher WALSCH - 73-98 Threshold impact of corruption on income inequality-social transfers nexus in Central and Eastern Europe
by Emin Efecan AKTAŞ - 99-119 Effectiveness of the European Union grants to civil society in the Baltic states: an evaluation of the EU program ‘Europe for Citizens’ (2007-2020)
by Janis KAPUSTANS - 120-140 Legal and practical conditions of the functioning of the civil society organizations in Hungary and Poland
by Laszla KAKAI & Agnieszka BEJMA - 141-163 Maternity benefit: comparison of systems and financing in V4 countries
by Danuta DUDA & Kamila TURECKOVA & Ivona BURYOVA & Radka KUBALOVA - 164-182 Second parliamentary chambers as safeguards against democratic backsliding? Case study of Czech and Polish senates
by Petr JUST & Jakub CHARVÃ T - 183-206 Comparative populism: Romania and Hungary
by Zoltán BRETTER - 207-235 Hybrid foreign policies in the EU’s Eastern flank: adaptive diplomacy
by Péter KACZIBA & Barış HASAN - 236-259 Perspectives on future trends and opportunities in a changing world – with a special focus on the Visegrad Countries
by Zoltán VÖRÖS
August 2021, Volume 12(SI)
- 5-11 Editorial: Resilience in the Space-Economy - in search of the X factor
by Karima KOURTIT & Peter NIJKAMP - 12-42 Editorial: How well do we know the issue of resilience? Literary research of current levels of knowledge
by Jana OSTARKOVA & Michaela STANICKOVA - 43-75 Regional innovation strategy for resilience and transformative industrial path development: evolutionary theoretical perspectives on innovation policy
by Bjorn T. ASHEIM & Sverre J. HERSTAD - 76-99 Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
by Patricio AROCA & Karima KOURTIT & Peter NIJKAMP & Roger STOUGH - 100-125 What strengthens resilience in public administration institutions?
by Alina Georgiana PROFIROIU & Corina-Cristiana NASTACÄ‚ - 126-148 The effects of COVID-19 on EU federalism
by Juan Carlos MARTIN & Concepcion ROMAN - 149-169 A multilevel analysis of the contextual effects in distance education outcomes during COVID-19
by Umut TURK - 170-195 Urban resilience: an instrument to decode the post-socialist socio-economic and spatial transformations of cities from Central and Eastern Europe
by Alexandra SANDU & Alexandru BANICA & Ionel MUNTELE - 196-211 Spatial interactions of employment in European labour markets
by Laura Helena KIVI & Tiiu PAAS - 212-230 Resilience of the European Union as a determinant of its post-pandemic development
by Mark ENTIN & Dmitriy GALUSHKO - 231-249 Business recovery in the European Union after the global financial crisis: lessons for the Coronavirus pandemic
by Consuela-Elena POPESCU & Alexandra HOROBET & Georgiana Vrinceanu & Lucian BELASCU - 250-272 Building resilience beyond the EU’s eastern borders. EU actorness and societal perceptions in Ukraine and Republic of Moldova
by Loredana Maria SIMIONOV & Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU & Nadiia BUREIKO - 273-297 Value management models for financial resilience estimations. A case of selected industrial companies in the Republic of Moldova
by Iurie BESLIU & Oleg PETELCA & Veronica GARBUZ - 298-232 BOOK REVIEW: Maria Alina Asavei: Art, Religion and Resistance in (Post-) Communist Romania: Nostalgia for Paradise Lost
by Alexandru STANESCU
December 2021, Volume 12(2)
- 5-20 Are European Union countries efficient or inefficient in energy use?
by İbrahim Murat BİCİL & Kumru TURKOZ - 21-45 Beyond the EU as the ‘Only Game in Town’: the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans and the role of China
by Vladimir Ä ORÄ EVIĆ & Richard Q. TURCSANYI & Vladimir VUÄŒKOVIĆ - 46-65 Visegrad Group countries as a junkyard of Europe? Quality of food and beverages as a theme of the 2019 European Parliament election campaigns - the case of Czechia
by Lukas NOVOTNY - 66-85 Diplomacy, hybrid leadership, and EU actorness: assessing the role of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in the 2013 Kosovo-Serbia agreement
by Ines M. RIBEIRO & Stylianos KOSTAS - 86-104 The creation of the armed forces of independent Ukraine: military and political background
by Serhii SEHEDA & Vasyl SHEVCHUK & Oleksii POKOTYLO - 105-122 Current legal issues of digitalization of environmental protection: a view from Russia
by Aleksey ANISIMOV & Anatoliy RYZHENKOV - 123-150 Interaction between business and financial cycles: evidence from Turkey
by Veysel KARAGOL & Burhan DOÄžAN - 151-168 The relation international taxation - international law: formal strains and jurisprudential effect
by Mihaela TOFAN - 169-189 Judicial review and political (in)stability in Kosovo
by Bashkim RRAHMANI - 190-212 Cost and profit efficiency: the case of Bulgarian hotel industry
by Dora DONCHEVA & Dimitrina STOYANCHEVA - 213-243 Private property - the inclusive institution which shaped dissimilar economic dynamics. Evidence from the Czech Republic and Romania
by Oana-Ramona SOCOLIUC (GURIȚĂ) & Andreea-Oana IACOBUȚĂ-MIHĂIȚĂ & Elena CIORTESCU - 244-262 Joe Biden's conflict communication discourse with Vladimir Putin: the Geneva case (2021)
by Vilma LINKEVIČIŪTĖ - 263-279 From state to individual. Human security - a new framework of understanding sovereignty
by Bogdan ȘTEFANACHI - 280-297 On the role of translated literature in constructing the "new Soviet person": Anglophone fiction in Soviet Latvia of the 1940s
by Evita BADINA - 298-322 The scientific discourse on the concept of sustainable development
by Inese TRUSINA & Elita JERMOLAJEVA - 323-346 Competitive advantages of Ukrainian border regions under the conditions of European integration processes
by Khrystyna PRYTULA & Florentina CHIRODEA & Anna MAKSYMENKO - 347-350 BOOK REVIEW: Godfrey A. Pirotta - Malta: Selected Essays in Governance and Public Administration
by Lino BIANCO
June 2021, Volume 12(1)
- 5-30 Investigating the impact of GDP and distance variables in the gravity model using sign and rank tests
by Berislav ZMUK - 31-52 The effectiveness of applying beta-coefficient modifications when calculating returns on shares in Russian companies
by Valentina ZOZULYA & Evgeny SOKOLOV & Evgeny KOSTYRIN & Sergey KOROLEV - 53-80 The practices and corporate governance frameworks: comparative evidence from south-eastern European countries
by Albulena SHALA & Albana Berisha QEHAJA - 81-103 Transitional justice and democratic consolidation in post-communist Eastern Europe: Romania and Albania
by Ilir KALEMAJ - 104-140 Analysis of bribery predictors for the student population. Evidence from Romania and Moldova
by Aurelian-Petrus PLOPEANU & Daniel HOMOCIANU - 141-172 The role of education in explaining technology-intensive exports: a comparative analysis of transition and non-transition economies
by Arta MULLIQI - 173-190 External debt sustainability in the transition economies of southeast Europe: an application by wavelet-based unit root tests
by Memduh Alper DEMÄ°R - 191-218 Support for export as a non-standard Central Bank policy: foreign exchange interventions in the case of the Czech Republic
by David KRIZEK & Josef BRCAK - 219-241 Fiscal sustainability analysis in EU countries: a dynamic macro-panel approach
by Gozde Es POLAT & Onur POLAT - 242-257 Euroscepticism of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party during the 2015 general election campaign
by Ondřej DOLEŽEL - 258-275 Armenian foreign policy between Eurasian and European integration models
by Hayk PARONYAN & Ruben ELAMIRYAN - 276-290 The Eurasian Economic Union as part of Eurasian (dis)integration
by Azhar SERIKKALIYEVA & Kanat MAKHANOV - 291-312 Idiosyncrasies and ideologies in the evolution of EU relations with eastern partnership states
by Melania-Gabriela CIOT & Ana DAMASCHIN - 313-317 BOOK REVIEW: Boris Vormann and Michael Weinman (eds.), The Emergence of Illiberalism: Understanding a Global Phenomenons
by Marton GERA - 318-320 BOOK REVIEW: Hulya Kaya, The EU-Turkey Statement on Refugees. Assessing Its Impact on Fundamental Rights
by Carmen MOLDOVAN
December 2020, Volume 11(2)
- 5-25 Labour market resilience, bottlenecks and spatial mobility in Croatia
by Peter Gladoic HAKANSSON & Predrag BEJAKOVIC - 26-47 How to measure territorial accessibility. An accessibility evaluation model applied in the European Union space
by Cezar TECLEAN & Gabriela DRÄ‚GAN - 48-69 Does higher cash-in-hand income motivate young people to engage in under-declared employment?
by Ioana Alexandra HORODNIC & Colin C WILLIAMS & Rodica IANOLE-CÄ‚LIN - 70-93 Terrorism - workers' remittances nexus: empirical evidence from Turkey
by Yilmaz Onur ARI & Ibrahim BELLO - 94-112 Why workers engage in quasi-formal employment? Some lessons from Croatia
by Josip FRANIC - 113-131 Measurement of personal income tax progressivity in the post-socialist countries of Europe compared to other OECD countries
by Magda WISNIEWSKA-KUZMA - 132-159 Heterogeneous VAT taxation in the Czech economy
by Katerina GAWTHORPE - 160-181 The VaR comparison of the fresh investment toolBITCOIN with other conventional investment tools, gold, stock exchange (BIST100) and foreign currencies (EUR/USD VS TRL)
by Ilhami KARAHANOGLU - 182-202 Sensitivity of bank profitability to changing in certain internal and external variables: the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina
by Almir ALIHODZIC - 203-228 Macroeconomic dynamics in China, Laos and Vietnam: a VAR analysis
by Manuel BENAZIĆ & Daniel TOMIĆ - 229-250 The role of contract and relationship norms in the success of Information Technology Outsourcing
by Dilek ERDOGAN & Nuray TOKGOZ - 251-265 The causal effect of education on poverty: evidence from Turkey
by Ferhat CITAK & Patricia A. DUFFY - 266-287 Entrepreneurship education programme tailored to Eastern European neighbouring countries
by Dorin FESTEU & Natalia TURLAKOVA & Rodica CRUDU - 288-311 Consultants and firm-level innovation performances: a doubly robust estimation approach
by Samuel AMPONSAH ODEI & Michael AMPONSAH ODEI & Henry Junior ANDERSON - 312-333 The European Community and Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment Policy: from acceptance and collaboration to disillusionment and confrontation
by Branislav RADELJIC - 334-352 The European Community and Yugoslavia's Non-Alignment Policy: from acceptance and collaboration to disillusionment and confrontation
by Sandro KNEZOVIC & Marco ESTEVES LOPES - 353-377 Evaluating the level of economic security of the EU energy markets
by Uliana SYTAILO & Oksana OKHRIMENKO - 378-395 A gentle sceptic: Martin Feldstein and the euro
by Radu SIMANDAN - 396-426 Union based on the rule of law: the Court of Justice of the European Union and the (future of) European integration
by Hristina RUNCHEVA TASEV & Milena APOSTOLOVSKA-STEPANOSKA & Leposava OGNJANOSKA - 427-448 International migration policies in two post-communist countries: comparative evidence from Romania and Poland
by Mihaela MATEI & Monica ROMAN & Alexandru FLOREA & Adina IORGANDA - 449-452 BOOK REVIEW Peg Murray-Evans: Power in North-South Trade Negotiation. Making the European Union’s Economic Partnership Agreements. Routledge, Abingdon - New York, 2019
by Tamas SZIGETVARI
November 2020, Volume 11(SI)
- 5-7 Editorial: Cross border cooperation and peripheral areas in Europe
by Tomás Ponce DENTINHO - 8-27 European integration and its effects on population in border and peripheral regions
by Sofia GOUVEIA & Leonida CORREIA & Patrícia MARTINS - 28-46 Crossing borders in higher education? A comparative case study at the intersections of EU regional and higher education policies
by Alina FELDER - 47-76 The process of joint learning as a determinant of cross-border project management
by Joanna KUROWSKA-PYSZ - 77-98 Assessing the social and cultural impacts of the European Capital of Culture programme in cross-border regions. A research agenda
by Corina TURȘIE & Thomas PERRIN - 99-119 Quality of governance in the Eastern Partnership countries: the role of the EU, Russia and domestic conditions Abstract: This work is devoted to studying the quality of governance in the Eastern Partnership countries - a project of the European Union, which includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. We aim to understand how external and domestic conditions influence the quality of governance in this area by applying the QCA method and regression analysis. We reveal a significant influence of the EU even though many authors doubt the EU’s ability to influence countries beyond its borders that are not offered the membership. We also show that, in this case, the influence of Russia as another external actor does not contradict the influence of the EU on governance but can overlap in other sectors, an aspect which should be investigated in further research. The level of GDP, the democratic regime, the polarization of elites, ethnic fractionation and reserves of resources are significant domestic conditions for the quality of governance
by Valeria Stefania CARAS - 120-145 The EU's multifaceted approach to resilience building in the Eastern Neighbourhood. Security sector reform in Ukraine
by Edina Lilla MÉSZÁROS & Constantin Vasile ȚOCA - 146-183 Rethinking the Governance-Governmentality-Governability nexus at the EU's Eastern Frontiers: the Carpathian Euroregion 2.0 and the future of EU-Ukrainian Cross-Border cooperation
by Halyna LYTVYN & Andriy TYUSHKA - 184-207 Developing a cross-border governance framework for the EU and Turkish border regions
by Emrah SÖYLEMEZ & Çiğdem VAROL - 208-232 Cross-Border Cooperation among South East European countries: case Kosovo
by Urtak HAMITI - 233-237 BOOK REVIEW: Rui Alexandre Castanho, Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Strategies for Sustainable Development, Hershey, PA: IGI Global Abstract: Cross Border Cooperation (CBC) is one of the European Union’s key tools when it comes to territorial cooperation and engagement with its neighbours, this becoming even more relevant in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, which revealed the critical importance of international cooperation and solidarity. The 2007/2008 crisis triggered the deepest recession since the Great Depression in 1930s; however it appeared equally as a unique opportunity for the international, regional and local actors to promote sustainable solutions to tackle the crisis and to build long-term resilience. The narrative of the Global Recovery Initiative, launched by the European Union in May 2020, revolves around the idea of “building back better”, which translates in attaching transformative solutions to the recovery plan, such as the green deal or digitalization. In this context, CBC is seen as a relevant tool for enhancing stability considering its role which involves supranational process, but also regional ones. Keywords: Cross Border Cooperation, Strategies, organizational culture, Sustainable Development Pages: 233-237
by Anatolie CĂRBUNE
June 2020, Volume 11(1)
- 27-44 Space justice, demographic resilience and sustainability. Revelations of the evolution of the population hierarchy of the regions of Romania from 1948 to 2011
by Tomaz Ponce DENTINHO & Cristina SERBANICA - 45-61 Globalization and socio-economic development in post-transition European Union countries: panel causality and regression analyses Abstract: The consequences of globalization on economic growth and development have largely been debated both by scholars and policy makers. However, literature lacks a multidimensional analysis of the relationship between of all forms of globalization and the development of a country. Therefore, the purpose of the present paper is to investigate the impact of various globalization types on socio-economic development in eleven European Union (EU) states that faced the transition from a centralized to a market economy, during the period 1993-2016, with the help of Dumitrescu and Hurlin (2012) causality test, Beck and Katz (1995) PCSE estimator and pooled OLS regression, considering the results of pre-tests. The empirical research revealed that economic, political and cultural globalization positively influences the socioeconomic development of all the analysed states. These findings may offer valuable information for the policy makers of the eleven economies which could enhance the development in a globalized era
by Laura DIACONU (MAXIM) & Yilmaz BAYAR - 62-86 Conditional dependence between oil prices and CEE stock markets: a copula-GARCH approach Abstract: This study investigates both the constant and time-varying conditional dependency between crude oil and stock markets for the CEE countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, and Croatia) by using the conditional copula-GARCH model with both constant and time-varying dependence parameters in the field of energy economics. Through different copula functions, the proposed models allow specifying the joint distribution of the crude oil and CEE stock returns with full flexibility. First, from the copula models, we find that all series show fat-tail, leverage effects, and volatilities tend to cluster. Second, in both constant and timevarying copula models, we find that conditional dependence is similar for most countries, which means that a significant conditional dependence exists in all oilstock price pairs. Our findings have important implications for both policymakers and investors by contributing to a better understanding of oil-stock relationships. A significant interdependence between crue oil price and stock markets suggests that enterprises and governments in CEE regions should pay attention to the stock market performance when the oil price fluctuates
by Ngo Thai HUNG - 87-122 RETRACTED ARTICLE: The triple (T3) dimension of systemic risk: identifying systemically important banks in Eurozone Abstract: Editor’s Note - This paper has been retracted from our journal due to bogus claims of authorship. The editors' decision is based on the evidences provided by the editorial board of the International Journal of Finance and Economics. The Statement of Retraction, together with the full text of the retracted paper, can be accessed here http://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2020_1101_DER.pdf
by Abdelkader DERBALI & Ali LAMOUCHI - 123-145 A simple model of developing countries: financing the current account deficit Abstract: A stock flow consistent model provides a monetary and financial framework to macroeconomics. It clearly shows the sources of financing for investments and also answers the following questions: Where does the finance for investment come from? and How are budget and current account deficits financed? This paper presents a simple stock flow consistent model for the developing countries with current account deficits. Most of these countries seem to cover the current account deficit by public borrowing and private sector borrowing. For this purpose, the motivation of this paper is based on the state of these countries and the modelling of their position
by Özgür Bayram SOYLU - 146-163 Application of Beneish M-score model on small and medium enterprises in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Abstract: The last two decades have witnessed high-profile corporate accounting scandals and multi billion-dollar frauds. Since then, forensic accounting has been in focus and has played a prominent role in discovering financial statement frauds. This research aims to analyze the applicability of the Beneish M-Score model on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). Based on a sample that includes 4,580 small and medium enterprises, data will be analyzed using audited financial statements in the period from 2008 to 2015. By using independent sample t-test, correlation, and regression, it has been concluded that Beneish model is indeed applicable on the market of FBiH and aids effectively in the detection of fraud in financial statements. The study describes the comparison of different industry sectors regarding the possible manipulators and serves as a solid foundation for further research in the area of forensic accounting. Keywords: manipulative accounting, fraudulent activities, financial crime, forensic accounting, Beneish M-score Pages: 146-163
by Sanel HALILBEGOVIC & Nedim CELEBIC & Ermin CERO & Elvisa BULJUBASIC & Anida MEKIC - 164-185 Managers’ perceptions on trust and knowledge transfer: evidence from Greek ISAs in South East Europe Abstract: Nowadays, cooperation through the formation of International Strategic Alliances (ISAs) has become a key strategy for many firms that expand internationally. Trust among foreign partners and knowledge transfer are identified in the literature as crucial factors for satisfactory ISA performance. This paper extends previous research (Rotsios et al., 2018, 2019) on these two important parameters. Based on aspects from the Social Exchange Theory and the Resource Based View, we explore a) the perceived level of Greek managers’ trust towards their foreign partners, and b) the perceived level of the knowledge that Greek companies have acquired from their participation in ISAs. A quantitative approach is adopted, and through a questionnaire survey, a sample of 171 Greek ISAs operating in the region of South East Europe is examined. This study contributes to International Business (IB) literature and sheds light on trust and knowledge transfer in ISAs in an underresearched region. Furthermore, this research enhances the understanding on issues related to trust among ISA partners and knowledge transfer in ISAs. In addition, it contributes to the limited number of regional IB studies. Finally, the empirical findings are discussed and managerial implications are presented, while areas for further research are also proposed
by Nikolaos SKLAVOUNOS & Konstantinos ROTSIOS & Yannis HAJIDIMITRIOU - 186-210 Brexit and the Anglosphere: an intra-industry trade opportunity for India? Abstract: The present paper outlines a functionalist approach to the complex “Brexit” phenomenon, exploring those opportunities that can be derived of it for third countries, unaware of the upheaval European scenario, as could be the case of India. In pro-Brexit approaches, The Indian Union appears as one of the most important countries of the Anglosphere area, particularly significant for a future focus of the brand-new “Global UK”, a relevant global partner in economic, trade & investment aspects. Due to the denominated “Intra-Industry Trade” (IIT), instrumented over the Global Value Chains (GVCs), which possibly constitutes one of the fundamental explanatory elements of the Global World, we have proposed an analysis of the UKIndia relations from the IIT & GVCs perspective. Therefore, in our work, we do an analysis of the evolution, situation and perspectives of this kind of trade, especially for its three main sectors: Apparel & Footwear, Electronics and Transport Vehicles. Keywords: Brexit, UK, India, Intra-Industry Trade, Global Value Chains Pages: 186-210
by Francisco José CALDERÓN VÁZQUEZ & Vikesh CHANDNANI SUKHWANI & Pablo PODADERA RIVERA - 211-235 Why would Romanian migrants from Western Europe return to their country of origin? Abstract: After conducting a survey among Romanian individuals left abroad, we analyze the particular influences relating to their intentions to return to their country of origin. Using Data Mining classifiers, Lasso variable selection procedures and binary logistic regressions for data collected in 2018 in several Western European countries, we have found that what matters the most for their intentions to return is the plan for starting a business in Romania in the near future. This is very useful for articulating appropriate policies. Other variables corresponding to the attachment to Romania, adaptation to the current foreign country, including the perception regarding the local discrimination, economic reasons and voting behaviour could manifest particular influences on their intentions to return. It has turned out that Romanians gone abroad to Latin countries from Western Europe, who plan to start a business at home are more likely to return to Romania than the ones gone in nonLatin countries
by Aurelian-Petruş PLOPEANU & Daniel HOMOCIANU - 236-251 Tangible fixed assets in Czech small and middle-sized farms Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyse the development, structure and efficiency of tangible fixed assets in the Czech farms and identify the factors that affect it. The data of farms in the period of 2003 to 2018 were used and sorted by the size of these farms. This paper evaluates the proportional development between the development of the volume of the tangible fixed assets and the volume of revenues. The development of tangible fixed assets and their structure in the reference period points to the efforts of farms to invest primarily in self-farmed land is taken into consideration. It turns out that investment activities are more affected by the overall economic situation of the farm and operating subsidies than by the possibility of drawing capital support. Keywords: agriculture, tangible fixed assets, investments, small enterprises, middle enterprises Pages: 236-251
by Jana LOSOSOVÁ & Radek ZDENĚK & Jaroslav SVOBODA - 252-272 The ‘Expertisation’ of European Studies. A critical perspective on discursive institutionalism Abstract: The paper puts into perspective the conceptual evolution of European Studies and one of its latest theoretically based approaches, Discursive Institutionalism. It argues that in the field of European Studies expert frameworks aiming for ‘answers’ are overshadowing the intellectual efforts striving for ‘questions’. This tendency undermines the proper identification of problems and it also erodes the effectiveness of proposed policy solutions as these recommendations lack the appropriate conceptual foundations. The paper stresses that this negative trend of ‘expertisation’ is particularly relevant nowadays, when the European Union is undoubtedly struggling with challenges of social disengagement, and that research projects are required to apply approaches that can adequately reveal people’s cognitivenormative understandings and ideationally driven praxes, as well as, most importantly, the generative causes behind EU-sceptical attitudes. Keywords: European Studies, Discursive Institutionalism, constructivism, European Union, Social disengagement Pages: 252-272
by Zoltan GRUNHUT - 273-292 A comparative study of financial literacy, retirement planning and delinquency in payment: the Kazakhstan case Abstract: Financial knowledge is assumed to help people in making good choices in their financial attitude and behaviour. Financial literacy, retirement planning and delinquency in payment were studied in different regions of Kazakhstan in both 2015 and 2019. Questionnaires were distributed among different groups of the population. Excluding invalid and unsuitable answers for the analysis, the total number of survey responses resulted was 830 for 2015 and 983 for 2019. The authors analyzed the responses to questions regarding financial attitude/behaviour such as Retirement Planning, Delinquency in payments, and the frequency of making Money Decisions. Keywords: retirement planning, delinquency in payment, financial literacy, personal finance, Kazakhstan Pages: 273-292
by Maya KATENOVA & Sang HOON LEE - 293-308 The official language status of English within the EU institutions after Brexit
by Neriman HOCAOĞLU BAHADIR - 309-334 Brain drain from Romania: what do we know so far about the Romanian medical diaspora? Abstract: In recent years a considerable amount of attention has been directed to the migration of tertiary educated people. Social scientists are interested in the brain drain phenomenon, in order to understand the positive and negative effects of highlyskilled migration in the sending countries. This paper examines physician migration in Romania, a country which records in Europe one of the largest stocks of emigrated medical doctors in the last few decades. Using data from official statistics, a survey carried out among Romanian medical doctors who have migrated, as well as innovative data from LinkedIn, we provide detailed evidence on the emigration flows and trends of Romanian physicians in terms of destinations, specialties and time frame of emigration. In addition, our study sheds light on the underlying reasons for migration and on difficulties encountered in the destination country. Keywords: migration, physicians, Romania Pages: 309-334
by Alina BOTEZAT & Andreea MORARU