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EU-Korea FTA and Its Impact on V4 Economies. A Comparative Analysis of Trade Sophistication and Intra-Industry Trade
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
This paper investigates selected short- and mid-term effects in trade in goods between the Visegrad countries (V4: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic) and the Republic of Korea under the framework ...
Is Economic Integration a Historical Shock to City-size Distribution?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
Based on the assumption that the economic integration process contributes, via market reforms, to the dynamics of the space distribution in candidate countries, this study examines (i) whether agglomeration forces or ...
Competitiveness of the Baltic States in International High-Technology Goods Trade
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
The aim of the article is to assess the international competitiveness of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) in high-technology goods trade. To this end, Balassa’s method of analysing revealed comparative ...
Competitiveness as the Ability to Adjust: the EU–10 Exports Structure and Its Convergence to the German Pattern
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
Competitiveness of a nation is associated with a set of characteristics that enable structural adjustment to global technological trends, and as a consequence, a rise in the living standard of its citizens. For catching-up ...
Normative Versus Positive Approach to Fiscal Decentralisation and the Measures of Decentralisation. An Analysis based on the Example of Selected Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
This article deals with the problem of a discrepancy between the recommendations of the theory of public finance, in its various trends, and decentralisation processes in practice. The analysis is both theoretical and ...
Towards the Goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy: Convergence or Divergence of the European Union Countries?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
The aim of this article is to investigate the similarities between the EU countries in terms of achieving the Europe 2020 Strategy goals. Due to the latest data availability, the analysis is based on the year 2014. The ...
Are Poland and Ukraine Gravity Centres for Each Other? Study on the Labour Migration Patterns
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-03-20)
The paper consists of three parts. It starts with an introduction followed, by theoretical backgrounds of migration, outlining its main types and models. The next parts highlight the volume, directions and structure of ...