The aim of research is analysis of the development of stock exchanges in Sofia, Bucharest and Ljubljana in the years 2000-2010. The analysis is provided for the logarithmic rates of return of main stock indexes quoted in the investigated countries, employing central tendency, dispersion and ...
This suggests that theincreasing divergence in the unit labour cost between the EU and WesternBalkan countries up to the global financial crisis was at least partly theresult of net capital inflows. The paper adds to the ongoing debate onimproving cost competitiveness through wage restrictions as ...
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Despite being right in the middle of the city, the combination of pedestrianised streets and two layers of double glazing meant that there were no interruptions when trying to sleep. The breakfast area had a more traditional Balkan feel to it as did the breakfast itself. If you like a ...
Advertisement The poor economic outlook has prompted young people to leave in droves, with roughly 800,000 of its citizens living abroad , most of them elsewhere in Europe. Though many send money home to Kosovo, the exodus has left the country’s economy dependent on remittances, an unreliable...
Balkan, E., Bicer, F. G. and Yeldan, A. E. (2002), Patterns of Financial Capital Flows and Accumulation in the Post-1990 Turkish Economy, Paper presented at the IDEAS session at METU International Conference on Economics, VI, Ankara, September....
Largely based on this tradition, its shipping industry has emerged as a world leader and one of the two main pillars of the Greek economy, alongside tourism. The Greek owned merchant fleet is thus the largest in the world, with 4,936 vessels (ships over 1,000 gt) of 389.69 million ...
(with technology advances, each new cross-ocean fiber seems to add as much capacity as all previous lines before it, which is a good thing since cross-ocean fibers can't be upgraded as easily as land-based systems) is certainly making the global economy a smaller place.The only problem ...
Kosovo’s economy is still heavily reliant on foreign aid, remittances from the diaspora, and mining, particularly inlignitecoal. The country is rich in natural resources, though it faces significant challenges in improving infrastructure, public services, and attracting foreign investment....
"I am deeply convinced that the key word in the success of the European Union (EU) is the word 'together', the same word that Plovdiv chose as a motto during the time when it will be the European Capital of Culture," European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabri...