Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau +3 more
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PARADIGMS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES IN THE EU, VISEGRÁD GROUP, AND UKRAINE
The scientific interest of the development of the theory and practice of cooperation of Central European countries of the Visegrád Group in the context of modern European integration processes is important for developing and implementing the strategy of ...
Svitlana Rostetska, Svetlana Naumkina
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MEASURING VAT EFFICIENCY IN VISEGRAD GROUP COUNTRIES
Value added tax represents one of the main tax forms, because it generates the most revenue and greatly contributes to the budgets of many countries. The purpose of this paper is to determine the VAT efficiency level in Visegrad Group countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) for the period between 1995 and 2020.
Jelena Andrašić +4 more
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The Erosion of Constitutionalism via Constitutional Entrepreneurship: Lessons from Slovakia
Abstract The 2023 Slovak general election resulted in an illiberal coalition keen to transform the political regime following its Hungarian neighbour's post‐2010 example. Using the Slovak case, this article shows the key role of political party leaders’ constitutional entrepreneurship in the erosion of constitutionalism. Constitutional entrepreneurship
Darina Malová, Max Steuer
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Can Google searches help nowcast and forecast unemployment rates in the Visegrad Group countries? [PDF]
Online activity of the Internet users has been repeatedly shown to provide a rich information set for various research fields. We focus on the job-related searches on Google and their possible usefulness in the region of the Visegrad Group -- the Czech ...
Kristoufek, Ladislav, Pavlicek, Jaroslav
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Investigating Youth Entrepreneurial intentions' Drivers in Visegrad Countries
Entrepreneurial intention is the first step in entrepreneurial process. It is seen as one of the strongest predictors of entrepreneurial behavior. Measurement of key factors that influence entrepreneurial intention is still great challenge for researchers. The aim of this paper is both to analyse the significance of selected individual‑level factors in
Anna Pilková +2 more
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The Political Legitimacy of Multilevel Crisis Governance: The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility
Abstract European‐wide crises have required extraordinary responses from the EU and its member states that affected its governance and legal framework as well as its legitimacy. The recent COVID‐19 pandemic spread across borders and involved multiple levels of government to mitigate its socio‐economic impact and facilitate a swift recovery.
Marius Guderjan, Mario Kölling
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The state of agri-food export of the Visegrad countries in EU markets
The agri-food export of the Visegrad countries has increased significantly since 2004. Since their EU accession the agri-food export of the V4 countries did not only grow - disregarding the setback in 2009 - but the EU has become their dominating market.
Bozsik Norbert
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The Return of Industrial Policy in the EU: A Chance for Central and Eastern Europe?
Abstract This contribution explores the Visegrad four's (V4) responses to the revival of industrial policy in the European Union (EU). To a region so highly industrialised, and so dependent on foreign firms, this revival brings mixed blessings. Industrial policy focused on ‘European champions’ is driving investment towards core regions and firms ...
Vera Šćepanović, Imre G. Szabó
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Long‐lasting health effects of Soviet education
Abstract Education systems serve various purposes, including the enhancement of later‐life health, though effects can differ by sociopolitical regime. This paper examines the effect of communist education, which exposed children to a distinct curriculum and ideological content, on later‐life health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Anna Nicińska
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