Integrating Anti-Corruption Strategies within the Government Reforms in Some South-Eastern European States - An Empirical Study on the Impact of the Government Performance

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ani I. Matei ◽  
Lucica Matei
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Government Performance ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Reforms ◽  
The Impact

Bicameralism and government formation: does bicameral incongruence affect bargaining delays?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-484
Author(s):  
Daniela Giannetti ◽  
Andrea Pedrazzani ◽  
Luca Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Eastern European ◽  
Government Formation ◽  
Bargaining Process ◽  
Additional Element ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Coalition Governments ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
The Government ◽  
Control Hypothesis ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe effects of bicameral legislatures on government formation have attracted scholarly attention since Lijphart’s (1984) seminal contribution. Previous research found support for the ‘veto control hypothesis,’ showing that bicameralism affects coalition governments’ composition and duration. However, the effects of bicameralism on the duration of the bargaining process over government formation have yet to be explored. Our work contributes to this area of research by focusing on the impact of bicameralism on bargaining delays. We show that the duration of the bargaining process over government formation decreases at increasing levels of partisan incongruence of the two chambers, especially in those legislative assemblies in which the upper chamber plays a relevant role in the policy-making process. Such empirical evidence is in contrast with the conventional expectation according to which bicameralism should delay the government formation process, as it introduces an additional element of complexity in the bargaining environment. We test our hypothesis by using a novel data set about the partisan composition of upper and lower chambers in 12 Western and Eastern European democracies over the postwar period.

scholarly journals Domestic Final Demand as a Determinant of R&D Activity in Selected Central and Eastern European Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
Iwona Świeczewska
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Final Demand ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Household Demand ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Leontief Model ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The Impact

This article presents the results of an empirical study conducted based on selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe. The study focused on the impact of domestic final demand for products manufactured by individual industries on the R&D activity in the country. The main research tools are the Leontief model and R&D multipliers. The application of the input-output methods allows domestic R&D expenditures to be broken down into institutional sectors to establish what part of the expenditures is embodied in products manufactured to meet final household demand, in exports, etc.

scholarly journals Structural Change in Central and South Eastern Europe—Does Technological Efficiency Harm the Labour Market?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Novák
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Impact

According to Kuznets, modern economic growth entails structural change. The share of the broad economic sectors (agriculture, manufacturing and services), in value added and employment, has undergone a significant transformation also in the post socialist Central Eastern European and the South Eastern European economies, just like in the developed countries with somewhat lower dominance of the service sector. This phenomenon was widely explained by economists through technological development having a characteristically negative impact on employment within the same industry in which it is adopted. As preceding empirical research focused mainly on developed industrial countries including old EU member states, the purpose of this paper is to examine structural change in 13 Central and South Eastern European EU member economies with special emphasis on the impact of own-industry productivity on employment with OLS and GMM panel regressions. This paper reveals that the productivity increase in all the sectors goes together with the decrease in employment within the sectors in the case of OLS estimations, whereas it produces less evident results in the GMM model framework when controlled for other sectors’ and countries’ productivity and employment processes. Involving further country-, time- and industry-specific variables in the regression, we find that it is mostly manufacturing that is negatively hit by these additional factors (such as relatively higher openness or EU level investment activity) whereas productivity does not necessarily harm the sustainability of workplaces in this sector. The paper also ascertains that there is a large diversity among the selected emerging European economies with regard to economic structures.

scholarly journals The Impact of Transformational Changes on the Socio-Economic Conditions of the Rural Population. An Example of Poland

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Iwona Bąk ◽  
Katarzyna Wawrzyniak ◽  
Maciej Oesterreich
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
The People ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Government ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the article is to show that in rural areas, with particular emphasis on former state-owned farms, which were created as a result of changes in the forms of land ownership, mainly in Central and Eastern European countries, the economic situation of households is still worse than in the areas where there were no State Agricultural Enterprises (PGR). Research in Poland served as a case study. Selected methods of descriptive statistics and multivariate comparative analysis were used in the analyses. The results presented in the study at different levels of aggregation (voivodeships, poviats, and communes) allowed the identification of the regularities in the situation of rural areas. Among the beneficiaries of social assistance, most of the people live in rural areas and have a high unemployment rate; the problem of unemployment especially concerns those areas where the rural population with lower education levels predominates. Moreover, in former state-owned farms, the total disposable income per person is lower than in other areas, and the funds from the government program “Rodzina 500+” constitute a significant contribution to household budgets.

scholarly journals Are Languages losing their voice in the Institutes of Technology in the Republic of Ireland?

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Una Rose Carthy
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Language Policy ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
International Mobility ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Institutes Of Technology ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

A recent nationwide investigation conducted in the Republic of Ireland suggests that there is a disconnect between current practices in the IoT/TU sector and the national priorities set in the government’s Languages Connect Strategy. The government aims to increase the number of third level students learning languages to 20% and increase the level of participation in international mobility programmes; however, language provision in IoTs across the country is slowly disappearing off the radar and the proportion of third level students availing of Erasmus Plus remains low. The empirical study, which investigated the impact of institutional language policy on attitudes towards languages, revealed that the appetite for both language teaching and mobility is not currently being met in the majority of IoTs/TUs. There is clearly a need to provide institutional support in the IoTs, in order to bring these HEIs into step with government policies.

scholarly journals Competitiveness of Selected South-Eastern European Countries in European Union Wood Flooring Market

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-288
Author(s):  
Branko Glavonjić ◽  
Aleksandra Lazarević ◽  
Leon Oblak ◽  
Miljan Kalem ◽  
Predrag Sretenović
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Growth Index ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The European Union ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Wood Flooring ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The Impact

Selected South-Eastern European countries (SEEC - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia) represent significant producers and exporters of wood flooring in Europe. In 2018, 9.4 % of Europe’s wood flooring production originated from this region. The region is a net exporter of wood flooring since it exports over 50 % of total production. The most important market for the export of wood flooring is the European Union with a share of over 60 % in total exports. Trends in this market are important for manufacturers and exporters from the region. Therefore, the analysis of the impact of the European Union imports on wood flooring production in the SEEC was conducted by application of econometric modelling. The parameters of the obtained model show that the increase of approximately 0.75 % could be expected in the production of wood flooring in selected South-Eastern European countries for each precentral increase in the European Union imports. In addition to these results, the paper presents the analysis of the competitiveness of wood flooring export from the region measured by the Competitiveness Growth Index (RCA1). The aim of this analysis was to quantify the level of their price and non-price competitiveness in the European Union market. Conducted analyses show that the Competitiveness Growth Index (RCA1) had positive values (higher than one) for most significant countries from the SEEC for most of the observed period.

scholarly journals Impact of Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) on consumption, health and education

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Ijaz Uddin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) is one of such efforts promulgated by the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in July 2008, as a premier national safety net initiative aimed at eradicating extreme and chronic poverty in the country. The main aim of this empirical study to examined the impact of BISP on consumption, education and health in case study of district Swat Pakistan. Methodology. This study used the qualitative research strategy because qualitative research strategy provided a variety of opportunities in identifying a problem. The data were collected through key informant interviews and mailed questionnaires. Interviews were conducted face to face using a semi-structured interview guide and as well a mail questionnaire. Results. The following respondents were well-acknowledged from the situation Covid-19 and have better knowledge about the BISP as a source of income. A total of 4 interviews were conducted from the targeted respondents using a semi-structured interview guide. And sent the mailed questionnaire to 45 respondents, only 7 respondents are replied. Conclusion. The main aim of this empirical study is to examine the Impact of Benazir income support program (BISP) on consumption, health and education during the COVID 19 pandemic. The finding reveled that BISP have positive effect on consumption, health and education. This empirical study has several recommendations based on research findings; (1) the government should pay the BISP income on monthly basis. (2) The government should increase the BISP income.

scholarly journals Implementation of Cashless Economy: Measuring the Impact of Awareness and Advantages with Problems with Reference to North India

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12s3) ◽  
pp. 63-69
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
North India ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

A new flagship programme was propelled by the government of India called “The Digital India Programme” to enhance and with a vision to transform the economy of the country into a “Faceless, Paperless, Cashless” economy. RBI is having a major role to play and support the government in achieving the goals. In this study we had tried to study the impact of various factors like awareness, advantages and problems in the cashless economy in India and the impact of awareness and advantages on the problems .The empirical study found that all the three factors have their own importance and impact on the cashless economy. There are other factors also which have an impact on cashless economy. In India it is at its adolescent stage.

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