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EU Crisis and the Role of the Periphery

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Editors:
  1. Anastasios Karasavvoglou

    1. Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, Greece

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  2. Serdar Ongan

    1. Istanbul University, Beyazit - Istanbul, Turkey

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  3. Persefoni Polychronidou

    1. Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, Greece

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  • Assesses special aspects of the current economic situation of Southern Europe, the Balkans and Eastern Europe
  • Description and evaluation of the reforms' progress and the economic prospects of the European periphery countries
  • Addresses topical issues as the convergence hypothesis, Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure (PPPI), and the labour market

Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Dept Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Debate About Political Risk: How Corruption, Favoritism and Institutional Ambiguity Shape Business Strategies in Ukraine

      • Johannes Leitner, Hannes Meissner, Ewa Martyna-David
      Pages 3-19

    3. Investigating the Convergence Hypothesis in the Eu: More Evidence Accounting for Structural Breaks

      • Xanthippi Chapsa, Constantinos Katrakilidis, Nikolaos Tabakis
      Pages 21-39

    4. Empirical Analysis of the Shadow Economy of the South East European Countries

      • Luljeta Sadiku, Nimete Berisha, Murat Sadiku
      Pages 41-56

    5. Optimum Currency Area Theory, Nominal and Real Convergence Controversies and the European Experience After the Recent Global Economic Crisis

      • Georgios Makris
      Pages 57-73

    6. The Annual Demand for Seasonal Immigrant Labor in Greece During the Crisis Period

      • Simeon Karafolas, Alexandros Alexandrakis
      Pages 75-91

  3. Risk Management, Agriculture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. A Country’s Process of Development as Described by a Cusp Catastrophe Model

      • Vasilis Angelis, Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis, Katerina Dimaki
      Pages 95-113

    3. Catastrophic Risk in Local Government Units: Search for Optimal Risk Management

      • Krzysztof Łyskawa, Marietta Janowicz-Lomott
      Pages 115-129

    4. Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Investments: A Comparative Analysis of Western Balkan and Emerging Countries

      • Evis Gjebrea, Oltjana Zoto
      Pages 131-145

    5. Agriculture’s Role in Economic Growth: An Exploratory Study Among Southern and Northern EU Countries

      • Ioanna Apostolidou, Konstadinos Mattas, Efstratios Loizou, Anastasios Michailidis
      Pages 147-162

  4. Marketing, Insurance, Real Estate

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Commercial Real Property Investments Under Debt Crisis Economic Conditions

      • Konstantinos J. Liapis, Dimitrios D. Kantianis, Christos L. Galanos
      Pages 165-187

    3. Would Consumers Be Willing to Buy Woody Biomass Energy Products of Transgenic Origin?

      • L. Tsourgiannis, V. Kazana, A. Karasavvoglou, C. Vettori, M. Fladung, M. Sijacic-Nikolic et al.
      Pages 189-202

    4. Analysis of Insurance Market Development in Eastern European Countries Based on S-Curve

      • Jerzy Handschke, Paweł Rozumek
      Pages 203-216
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About this book

The European economy is still in recession, even though there are some weak indications of stabilization. This book examines important aspects of the crisis in selected countries of Southern Europe, the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The intensity of the crisis and its economic and social repercussions have varied from country to country, generally impacting the core countries less than those on the periphery. The countries in the latter group currently face significant structural challenges with regard to improving productivity and competitiveness, including the areas of investment, climate, the labour market, and the public sector. The book not only illustrates the scope of the problem, but also informs readers on the policies implemented to address it, and discusses the progress some of the economies have already made. Special topics include the convergence hypothesis, agriculture and growth, Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure (PPPI), and the labour market.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology, Kavala, Greece

    Anastasios Karasavvoglou, Persefoni Polychronidou

  • Istanbul University, Beyazit - Istanbul, Turkey

    Serdar Ongan

About the editors

Anastasios Karasavvoglou is Professor in economics, Editor in chief of the “International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research” and the President of the annual International Conference "The Economies of Balkan and Eastern Europe Countries in the changed world". He has published many books and papers regarding immigration, regional development and labour market.

Serdar Ongan joined the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee as a visiting professor in 2013 and he is a professor at Istanbul University. His research interests include tourism economics and sports economics. He is the co-founder of an international conference: International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Conference.

Persefoni Polychronidou holds a PhD in Mathematics, has scientific interests in data analysis, in discrete transforms and realization of algorithms for fast processing data. She is assistant editor of the “International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research” and has published several papers regarding empirical economic data.

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