scholarly journals Kierunki rozwoju przemysłu spożywczego w Polsce i w Hiszpanii – analiza porównawcza

2017 ◽  
Vol 17(32) (2) ◽  
pp. 256-266
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Tarnowska
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Feed Industry ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
The Eu

The food industry is an important economic sector in Poland and Spain, two EU countries with the most similar production and land-use potential. The aim of the article was to compare the directions and pace of development of this industry against the EU. Spain, after its accession to the Community, has developed economically and infrastructurally. In recent years, however, the effects of the global economic crisis have been strongly affected Spain economy. It also affected the food industry, which is relatively less susceptible to fluctuations in economic conditions. For Poland this is an instructive experience, because after its accession to the EU it develops in a similar way. The analysis of activity results of the Polish food industry is evidence of its rapid growth and its ability to compete with Spain in the future mainly in the dairy and feed industry.

scholarly journals REAL CONVERGENCE AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION WITH FOCUS ON THE NEW MEMBER STATES

2019 ◽  
pp. 215-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ovidiu Stoica ◽  
Angela Roman ◽  
Delia-Elena Diaconaşu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Real Convergence ◽  
Convergence Process ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

Our paper aims to analyse the dynamics of real economic convergence and the impact of several macroeconomic and institutional factors on this process, within the EU countries for the period 1995-2018. Employing cross-sectional and panel data techniques, this paper examines both the level and dynamics of absolute and conditional convergence within the EU28 countries and identifies key drivers of economic growth within the EU28 and subsequent groups (the EU15 versus New EU Member States group), by taking into consideration the impact of the recent global economic crisis. We find that the real convergence process is quite uneven and unstable over the 1995-2018 period. Our results confirm the negative effects of the recent global economic crisis on per capita GDP growth, suggesting a weakening of the convergence process at the EU28 level, especially at the level of New EU Member States. In addition, we find that investment, the openness of the economy and the quality of the institutional framework represent the main drivers of real convergence within the EU countries.

The effects of the last global economic crisis on the suicide rate in Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S111-S111 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Dumitru ◽  
B.S. Constantin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Emile Durkheim ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Eu

IntroductionSince 1897, Émile Durkheim noted that suicides occur more often during the economic changes that disrupt the social structure of society.Objective and aimsThe objective of this study is to analyze the consequences of last global economic crisis on mortality by suicide in the EU countries in period 2007–2012.Material and methodWe extracted data on mortality from the WHO database and unemployment trends from the EUROSTAT database. We had used this data to calculate the effect of unemployment on suicide rate, in pre-2004 and post-2004 EU countries.ResultsIf the number of suicides from 2007 was maintained in 2008–2012 period, EU 27 countries would have registered with 16,572 fewer suicides. The increase of suicides is based on the increasing number of suicides in men. The small increase in the suicide rate was recorded in Austria, France, Hungary and Slovenia. Luxembourg was the only country where the number of suicides was lower compared to 2007. In 2008, we can notice a slight decrease in the unemployment rate compared to 2007 and an increase in suicide by 3% in both groups of countries, followed by increasing suicide only in the post-2004 EU, where reach 10% in 2010, followed by a slight decrease in the coming years, while the unemployment rate gradually increases to 46% compared with 2007.ConclusionsIn European Union countries, suicides have increased both before and during the crisis, in periods in which unemployment rose. States that joined the EU after 2004 are more vulnerable in times of crisis.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Revisiting firm flexibility and efficiency: evidence from the EU dairy processing industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 971-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Hirsch ◽  
Ashok Mishra ◽  
Niklas Möhring ◽  
Robert Finger
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Firm Efficiency ◽  
Dairy Processing ◽  
Production Flexibility ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Flexibility Measures ◽  
The Eu

Abstract We analyse the flexibility of EU dairy processors to adjust production to fluctuating economic conditions. For a set of 2,186 firms, we derive production flexibility measures representing the effect of output variations on costs. The results reveal that flexibility is highest in Poland and Italy and lowest in Spain. Several firm-specific factors, such as size and age of the firm, are found to affect firm flexibility. Moreover, we detect a tradeoff between flexibility and technical efficiency for large firms indicating that a sole focus on firm efficiency can be insufficient. Finally, the results show that during economic crisis flexibility can help to sustain profitability.

Section III. Prospects for Europe

1998 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Julian Morgan ◽  
Florence Hubert ◽  
Dawn Holland ◽  
Dirk te Velde ◽  
Véronique Genre
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Swiss Franc ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Real Gdp ◽  
Second Year ◽  
The Eu

Activity picked up markedly in the EU area last year; growth was estimated to have been 2.6 per cent compared with 1.8 per cent recorded in 1996. However the aggregate movement masks some significant divergences in economic performance. Growth was relatively modest, at between 2–2½ per cent in Germany, France and Austria, whilst Italy and Sweden recorded growth rates below 2 per cent for the second year running. The fastest growth was achieved in the Irish Republic where output expanded by over 10 per cent last year, following cumulative growth of 27 per cent in the previous three years. Finland also recorded rapid growth of nearly 6 per cent and nearly all the remaining EU countries enjoyed growth rates of 3 per cent or above. Outside the EU, activity remained robust in Norway, Poland and Hungary but was markedly weaker in the Czech Republic and Switzerland. Indeed real GDP has barely changed in Switzerland since 1990, partly reflecting the strength of the Swiss franc, although there are now signs that growth will be stronger in 1998 as the franc has depreciated since the end of 1995.

The Limits of Social Europe: EU Law and the Ordoliberal Agenda

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 613-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gareth Dale ◽  
Nadine El-Enany
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Centrifugal Forces ◽  
Political Union ◽  
Privileged Access ◽  
Global Economic Crisis ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Social Europe

Since the global economic crisis began in 2007, the EU's response has been an attempt to muddle through, but it is generally recognized that more far-reaching changes to its structures are inevitable in the long term. One possible trajectory is towards disintegration; another is towards an increasingly “multi-speed” Europe—possibly accompanied by a splintering of the Eurozone whereby one or more smaller countries depart. A third possibility is closer union. Many would agree with the proposition that if destructive centrifugal forces are to be kept at bay, the next step for the EU must be political union, including a fiscal and transfer union—one that requires countries of the developed core supporting their brethren struggling at the periphery. Through this fraternal process, the EU will be able to achieve a new constitutional moment, a moment of refoundation in which its “social” soul is rediscovered. No longer will corporate lobbies be granted privileged access to the offices of Brussels. Powerful and democratically accountable institutions will be constructed, and geared around one of the EU's defining values: Solidarity.

Romania's Foreign Trade and of Other Former Communist Countries in 2003-2012

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Marian Zaharia ◽  
Aniela Balacescu ◽  
Radu Serban Zaharia
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Comparative Statistical Analysis ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

During 2003-2012, economies of most EU countries, have gone through periods of growth and decline, the most significant decline being recorded in 2009, due to strong economic crisis which has affect the EU and not only. The main purpose of this article is to assess the impact that the economic crisis has had on each of the five former communist countries analyzed, namely Romania, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. This study is a comparative statistical analysis of evolutions of the volumes of exports and imports both within EU and outside. It also, are analyzed their trade balances evolutions, and were identified, for three of them, among which Romania, valid models of evolution for the period under review.

Economic Crisis and Its Effects on International Trade

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-84
Author(s):  
Miloš Parežanin ◽  
Dragana Kragulj ◽  
Sandra Jednak
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Balance Of Payments ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this chapter is to analyse the effects of the economic crisis on the trade among the Southeastern European (SEE) countries. The countries were divided into two groups: the EU countries and non-EU countries. Macroeconomic performances and international trade indicators of the 11 observed countries were analysed for the period 2007-2019, and the effects of the economic crisis were present in all the observed countries, particularly the effects on the export performances. The crisis also affected the entire import of the non-EU countries. The EU countries recovered from the crisis faster than the non-EU countries. However, the non-EU countries achieved a more significant inflow of foreign direct investment in the post-crisis period, which significantly improved the position of the balance of payments in these countries. The observed countries had managed to stabilise their trade flows all until the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. The impact of the current crisis on these countries remains to be estimated in the future.

scholarly journals СТЕЧАЈ БАНАКА И ФИНАНСИЈСКИХ УСТАНОВА У ЗЕМАЉАМА КАНДИДАТИМА ЗА ЕУ ЗАПАДНОГ БАЛКАНА

TEME ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Ђуро М. Ђурић ◽  
Владимир М. Јовановић ◽  
Мирјана М. Мисаиловић
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
The World ◽  
Eu Candidate Countries ◽  
The Eu

The objective of this paper is to present the regulation of insolvency of banks and other financial institutions in some West Balkans countries (Serbia, Montenegro and FYROM) candidates for the EU membership and its development under the influence of the EU regulations. This question has become particularly interesting since the onset of the world financial crisis of 2008. Banks and financial institutions from the EU countries are among major players in financial markets. The crisis has shown that the models that have previously existed were not sufficient and did not enable an adequate level of cooperation between member states, in order to minimize the spreading of negative effects of individual insolvencies and problems of individual financial institutions across the EU and all over the world. Therefore, changes were needed in the regulations, and indeed, certain changes have been made. This paper tries to see and evaluate the enlargement of the EU which is currently not on top of the EU political and economic agenda, the candidate countries are in the process of adjusting their legislation and practices in order to be better prepared for negotiating with the EU, but also in order to make their respective economic conditions and markets more harmonized with the EU countries, therefore making them more attractive to potential foreign investors. We shall attempt to give a brief analysis of how several West Balkans EU candidate countries have reacted to the described changes in the EU regulations regarding financial institutions and handling their financial difficulties.

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