TY - BOOK AU - Bilgin,Mehmet Huseyin AU - Danis,Hakan AU - Demir,Ender AU - Can,Ugur TI - Country Experiences in Economic Development, Management and Entrepreneurship: Proceedings of the 17th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference T2 - Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics Series SN - 9783319463193 AV - HD62.5 U1 - 650 PY - 2016/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing AG KW - Management science KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Preface -- Eurasia Business and Economics Society -- Contents -- Part I: International Trade -- Trade Competition Between Asia and the European Union in Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Development of the EU-Africa and Asia-Africa Commercial Relations -- 3 Main Characteristic of the EU-Africa and Asia-Africa Trade in Goods -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Central Asian Integration and Its Impact on Regional Trade and Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Review of Central Asian Economies -- 3 Regionalism in Central Asia -- 3.1 Transport and Trade Facilitation -- 3.2 World Trade Organization and Central Asia -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- ASEAN and Trade Regionalism: An Opportunity for Convergence or Threat of ``Two Speeds´´? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Two-Speed World Concept and Its Adaptation -- 3 Theory of Trade Regionalism -- 4 ASEAN Trade Regionalism -- 4.1 AFTA: Elimination of Tariff Barriers -- 4.2 Economic and Social Development of ASEAN-6 and CLMV -- 4.3 Merchandise Trade Performance -- 4.4 FDI Flows -- 4.5 Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) and CLMV -- 4.6 ASEAN Plus FTA and CLMV -- 4.7 RCEP and TPP -- 4.8 TPP or RCEP: Choice Between ASEAN´s Internal Erosion and Solidarity? -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Interdependence of Real, Financial and Export Import Indicators in a DSGE Model of Multiple Countries -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Model -- 2.1 Households -- 2.2 Firms -- 2.3 Rigid Prices -- 2.4 Export and Import of Goods -- 3 Estimations on Model of Three Countries -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Growth and Development -- The Role of Creative Industries in Economic Development of Lithuania and Latvia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concept and Constitution of Creative Industries in Lithuania and Latvia -- 3 Measuring the Role of Creative Industries in Economic Development of Lithuania and Latvia; 3.1 Overview of Creative Industries Development in Lithuania and Latvia -- 3.2 Role of Creative Industries in Creating Jobs in Lithuania and Latvia -- 3.3 Role of Creative Industries in Contributing to GDP in Lithuania and Latvia -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Institutions and Economic Growth in the Resources Intensive Use Economies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Objective -- 3 Research Overview -- 4 Empirical Methodology and Data -- 5 Empirical Results -- 5.1 Low-Income Countries Results -- 5.2 Upper-Middle-Income Countries Results -- 5.3 High-Income Countries Results -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Spending on Innovation as a Factor of Competitiveness of Market Economies -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Measures of Effectiveness of Economy -- 3 Innovation as a Key Factor of Competitiveness -- 4 Effectiveness of Spending on Innovation: Case Study -- 5 The Overall Efficiency Index: Comparative Analysis -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Finding the Determinants of FDI Inflows to EU Member States -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Economic Integration Impact on International Capital Flows -- 3 Data, Methodology and Empirical Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Assessment of Government Activity in the Economy: USA-Germany-Japan-China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Role of State in United States, Germany, Japan and China -- 2.1 USA -- 2.2 Germany -- 2.3 Japan -- 2.4 China -- 3 USA-Germany-Japan-China in Rankings -- 3.1 Global Competitiveness Report -- 3.2 World Competitiveness Yearbook -- 3.3 Human Development Index -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Political Economy -- Contradictions of Development of Civil Society as Economic Actor in Georgia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Low Quality of Externalities Internalization -- 3 Limited Capabilities of Bargaining Power Equalization -- 4 Dominated Role of Civil Society in the Triad of ``State-Business-Civil Society´´; 5 Lack of ``Relational´´ Goods Supply -- 6 Low Rate of Citizens´ Investments in Social Capital -- 7 Non-Existence of a Middle Class -- 8 ``Free-Rider´´ Problem -- 9 Elite Characteristic of Institutional Transformation and the Passive Role of Society -- 10 ``Natural State´´ and ``Open Access Order´´ Perspective -- 11 Vertical Model of the Social Contract in Georgia as the Type of Civil Society -- 12 Conclusions -- References -- The Price Elasticity of the Demand on Selected Types of Commodities and Its Influence on the Value Added Tax Collection -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Problem Formulation -- 2.1 The Change of the Consumer Behavior in the Group with Less than 10,000 CZK Net Monthly Household Incomes -- 2.2 The Change of the Consumer Behavior in the Group with Net Monthly Household Incomes Between 10,001 and 25,000 CZK -- 2.3 The Change of the Consumer Behavior in the Group with Net Monthly Household Incomes Between 25,001 and 50,000 CZK -- 2.4 The Change of the Consumer Behavior in the Group with More than 50,000 CZK Net Monthly Household Incomes -- 3 Discussions -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- From the Economic and Financial Aspects of Forgery in France: The Analysis of Statistical Data -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Forgery: Analysis of Statistical Data -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- Two-Factor Model of Stratification of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan ``Income´´-``Quality of Life Index´´ -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Corruption and Geography: Case of Mena Regions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data and Descriptive Statistics -- 3 The Spatial Weight Matrix -- 4 The Empirical Model and Discussion of the Results -- 4.1 The Growth Equation -- 4.2 Measures of Global Spatial Autocorrelation -- 4.3 Spatial Error Model -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Public Economics; How to Reduce the Negative Impacts of Climate Change? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Climate Change Consequences -- 3 The Environmental Dimension of Climate Change -- 4 The European Union in the Fight Against Climate Change -- 5 World´s Organizations to Fight with Climate Change Consequences -- 6 Methods of Identification of Weather Risk -- 6.1 Financial Solutions -- 6.2 Model weather risk management -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Taxes in the Prevention of Environmental Pollution Are a Means? or Aim? Alternative Methods -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Financial Instruments for Preventing Environmental Pollution -- 2.1 Environmental Taxes with General Scope -- 2.1.1 The Objectives of Environmental Taxes -- 2.1.2 Types of Environmental Tax -- 2.1.3 Environmental Taxes with Advantages and Disadvantages -- 2.2 General Evaluation -- 2.2.1 The Share of Environmental Tax Revenues within Total Tax Revenues -- 2.2.2 The Share of Environmental Tax Revenues in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) -- 3 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- The Analysis of Tax Burden on Labor in the Czech Republic -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Importance of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Economy of the Czech Republic -- 3 Basic Concept and Terms -- 4 Development of the Taxation Level of the Employee Salaries -- 5 The Development of the Taxation of Natural Persons -- 6 The Taxation of Salary Expenses -- 7 The Taxation of Investments -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- The Independence of Regulatory Authorities as a Guarantee of Compliance with the Principle of Fair Competition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Decisions of the Regulatory Authorities Under Conditions of Fair Competition -- 3 Independence -- 4 European Union Law and Independence -- 5 An Example of Independent Regulatory Authorities; 6 The Supervision Carried by Regulatory Authorities as a Sign of Independence and Guarantee of Fair Competition -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Money Laundering Phenomenon: Economic of the Suspicious Transaction Reports: The French Experience -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phases of Money Laundering -- 3 Suspicious Transaction Reports -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- EU Regulations on the Free Flow of Goods in the Light of Judicial Review by the Court of Justice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Entities Are Obliged to Honor the European Provisions on the Free Flow of Goods -- 3 The Limitations on the Free Flow of Goods Imposed by Article 34 TFEU -- 4 The Possibility of Justifying National Regulations Banning or Limiting Trading and Using Particular Products -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Economic and Geoeconomic Effects of the Eurasian Economic Union: Trade Aspects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Trade Aspect of Integration -- 3 A Customs Union on the New Silk Road -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Analysis of Potential Contribution to Medical Savings Accounts Based on Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses in Poland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Health Care Financing in Poland -- 3 Research Methodology -- 4 Data and Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Seasonal Changes in the Matching Function: Case Study for Poland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Materials -- 3 Results -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- The Effect of Minimum Wage on Labor Market Outcomes of Foreign-Born Workers in European Countries -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Data and Measurement -- 1.2 Estimation Procedure -- 2 Literature Review -- 2.1 The Effect of Minimum Wage on Employment -- 2.2 The Effect of Minimum Wage on the Employment of Immigrants -- 2.3 An Overview About Foreign-Born Laborers in Different Countries; 2.4 The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants´ Employment and Earnings in U.S. (Empirical Study) UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4740929 ER -