scholarly journals Quality of Institutions in the European Union countries. Application of TOPSIS Based on Entropy Measure for Objective Weighting

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam P. Balcerzak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Entropy Measure ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Quality Of Institutions ◽  
European Union Countries

scholarly journals Eco-innovation and Economic Growth in the European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-54
Author(s):  
Ana Andabaka ◽  
Martina Basarac Sertić ◽  
Martina Harc
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Recycling Rate ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Green Technologies ◽  
Gdp Growth Rate ◽  
Quality Of Institutions ◽  
To Come

Abstract Eco-innovation, as a new concept, and green technologies are central to the Europe’s future and at the core of the European Union policies to boost competitiveness, create jobs, and generate sustainable growth for years to come. In this context, eco-innovation is a significant tool that combines decreased environmental impact with a positive socioeconomic impact. This paper highlights the prominent role of eco-innovation and investigates still scarcely explored impact assessment of GDP growth, quality of institutions, and recycling rates on the eco-innovation index in the 28 European Union member states. Specifically, the set of regression analyses that use panel estimation models was undertaken and the system GMM estimator with robust standard errors was used. Econometric analysis indicates that GDP growth rate, quality of institutions, and recycling rate of municipal waste had a statistically significant and positive effect on eco-innovation in the period 2010-2016.

scholarly journals The Quality of Entrepreneurial Activity and Economic Competitiveness in European Union Countries: A Panel Data Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Rusu ◽  
Dornean
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Panel Data Estimation ◽  
Economic Competitiveness ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
The Relationship

To increase competitiveness, a country has to outperform its competitors in terms of research and innovation, entrepreneurship, competition, and education. In this paper, we aim to test the relationship between the quality of entrepreneurial activity and the economic competitiveness for the European Union countries by using panel data estimation techniques. Our research considers a sample of 28 EU countries over the period 2011–2017. For the empirical investigation we apply panel data regression models. The results obtained show that business, macroeconomic environment and the quality of entrepreneurship are significant determinants of economic competitiveness of EU countries. Thus, we identify significant positive relations between innovation rate, inflation rate, FDI and economic competitiveness, and significant negative relations between expectations regarding job creation, tax rate, costs and competitiveness. Our study completes the literature by analyzing the relationship between the quality of entrepreneurship and the competitiveness of countries, for an extensive sample formed by all the 28 countries members of the European Union for a period of seven recent years.

scholarly journals CHANGES IN THE STANDARD OF LIVING IN POLISH HOUSEHOLDS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF OTHER EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-116
Author(s):  
Joanna Szwacka-Mokrzycka
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Income Elasticity ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
European Union Countries

The primary aim of the article is to present changes in the standard of living in Polish households against the background of other EU countries. It starts with definitional approaches that distinguish the standard of living category from the quality of life category. The methods of measuring the standard of living of households in the European Union are presented. Next, the living standards of households in EU countries in 2008–2018 are presented. The last part of the study refers to the demand for food – Poland against the background of other EU countries – over the last decade. Quantitative research of income elasticity is also presented. The conclusions show that inequalities in the standard of living in various EU countries result from many factors, especially differences in the level of their development, and their technological and educational opportunities.

HOUSING CONDITIONS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN POLAND COMPA RED WITH SELECTED COUNTRIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

2018 ◽  
Vol XX (6) ◽  
pp. 230-235
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Siedlecka
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
European Union ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Housing Conditions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Union Countries

The aim of the paper was to analyze the housing conditions of households living in rural areas in Poland against a background in selected European Union countries. The household as a basic subject of economic life has limited resources. One of the elements of these resources is a flat. Both its area, equipment and infrastructure are an important element affecting the quality of life. The analysis of statistical data showed that worse conditions, described using the average number of rooms per person in households, were in Poland in comparison with other European Union countries. The statistical data for 2017 collected by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) were used in the article.

scholarly journals QUALITY OF INSTITUTIONS IN CANDIDATE AND POTENTIAL CANDIDATE COUNTRIES COMPARED TO THE NEWEST EUROPEAN MEMBERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Trivić
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Quality Of Institutions ◽  
World Governance Indicators

This paper deals with the quality of institutions in two samples. The first sample consists of candidates and potential candidates for membership in the European Union - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and N. Macedonia, while the second sample consists of the youngest member states of the European Union - Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania. In some of the earlier papers, as a co-author or author, I compared the countries of the region with the members of "New Europe", i.e. the countries that became members of the EU in 2004, but a glance look at the data today led me to the conclusion that the quality of the institutional environment in the region is more logical to compare with the newest EU members. Even in comparison with these countries, our region lags significantly behind. As a database for the quality of institutions, I used the World Governance Indicators developed by Kaufman et al. (2010). Institutions are defined as they were defined by Nobel laureate Douglas North and after him, a whole group of economists under the auspices of the New Institutional Economy.

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