EU Crisis and the Role of the Periphery

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Karasavvoglou, Anastasios (Editor), Ongan, Serdar (Editor), Polychronidou, Persefoni (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Macroeconomics.; European Economic Community literature.; Public finance.; Economic policy.; Agricultural economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; European Integration.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Public Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Economic Policy.; Agricultural Economics.

The European economy is still in recession, even though there are some weak indications of stabilization. This book examines important aspects of the crisis in selected countries of Southern Europe, the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The intensity of the crisis and its economic and social repercussions...

Table of Contents:

• A Country's Process of Development as Described by a CUSP Catastrophe Model - The Case of Eastern European and Baltic Countries
• Empirical Analysis of the Shadow Economy of the South East European Countries
• Investigating the Convergence Hypothesis in the EU: More Evidence Accounting for Structural Breaks
• The Debate About Political Crisis: How Corruption, Favoritism and Institutional Ambiguity Shape Business Strategies in Ukraine
• Optimum Currency Area Theory, Nominal and Real Convergence Controversies and the European Experience After the Recent Global Economic Crisis
• Agriculture's Role in Economic Growth: An Exploratory Study Among Southern and Northern EU Countries
• Catastrophic Risk in Local Government Units - Search for Optimal Risk Management
• Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Investments: A Comparative Analysis of Western Balkan and Emerging Countries
• Would Consumers Be Willing to Buy Woody Biomass Energy Products of Transgenic Origin?.