Consumer Perception of Food Quality and Safety in Western Balkan Countries: Evidence from Albania and Kosovo. [PDF]
Haas R +5 more
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External Actors, Pressures and Influences: European Integration and the Outside World
Abstract The European Union (EU) increasingly faces external pressures, ranging from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine to an economically and politically assertive China to deep changes in the transatlantic relationship with the United States.
Christian Freudlsperger, Lucas Schramm
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AUSTRALIA’S TRADE IN GOODS WITH SLOVENIA AND THE WESTERN BALKAN COUNTRIES [PDF]
This paper deals with Australia’s trade in goods with Slovenia and the Western Balkan countries (i.e., Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia)1 ; Australia’s less important trade partners that together account for ...
DEJAN ROMIH
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The Agencies of the European Union: A Glimmer of Hope for Enlargement?
Abstract In recent years, the process of EU enlargement has become increasingly difficult. The longer the process drags on and the less likely accession appears, the more the candidate states are discouraged and the less influential the EU becomes. A different approach to integration must therefore be used.
Matis Poussardin
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Macro and Micro Innovativeness of the Western Balkan Countries
Innovativeness has been identified as a key success factor in todays’ increasingly competitive and complex environment. It is considered to have a key role as a driver of economic growth and essential instrument for business performance improvement of enterprises especially for emerging economies and economies in transition. Innovation readiness offers
Ivana Bilic +3 more
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Scrutinising Frontex: The European Parliament and Accountability through Discharge
Abstract This article examines how the European Parliament (EP) has leveraged the budgetary discharge procedure to enhance the political accountability of the EU's Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex. Whilst the procedure is formally limited to budget implementation, the EP has used it as an accountability tool that goes far beyond financial ...
Magnus G. Schoeller, Peter Slominski
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Innovativeness and Competitiveness of the Western Balkan Countries and Selected EU Member States
Given that innovativeness stands for one of the most significant categories in the process of investigating key economic phenomena, including competitiveness of economy, the paper will: a) explain the metrics of The Global Innovation Index and The Global
Danijela Zoran Despotovic +2 more
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Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi +4 more
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Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia
ABSTRACT This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries.
Aleksandar Kešeljević +2 more
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European Identity and the Euro in Kosovo
ABSTRACT How can nationalist leaders stand for political independence and monetary sovereignty while embracing the use of a supra‐national currency? At first sight, unilateral euroisation—the de facto adoption of the euro instead of a national currency—seems inconsistent with the goals of nationalism and independence.
Nicola Nones
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