This paper examines the factors and constraints that affect recent and potential growth in Croatia, as well as policies … that can influence it. On current productivity trends, it estimates Croatia''s potential growth rate at 4-41⁄2 percent, a … direct investment, and reforms to reduce the role of the state in the economy through fiscal consolidation and faster …

This paper assesses the relative efficiency of government spending on health care and education in Croatia by using the … so-called Data Envelopment Analysis. The analysis finds evidence of significant inefficiencies in Croatia''s spending on …

member states of the European Union and Croatia to assess whether these countries used the boom years of 2003-07 to create … demand management in these countries …

desirable to improve the trade balance, taking into account potential adverse effects on the rest of the economy …

to the exchange rate. Croatia is a highly dollarized economy, but empirical investigation conducted in this paper shows …

the recent past, ACE systems have been used in Austria, Croatia, and Italy. Brazil still applies a variant of such a …

Financial crises are traditionally analyzed as purely economic phenomena. The political economy of financial booms and … busts remains both under-emphasized and limited to isolated episodes. This paper examines the political economy of financial …