...Milja Marčeta; Štefan Bojnec Purpose This study aims to establish the position of the European Union (EU-28) countries in the dynamics of international trade openness linkages and the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) in correlation with the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, research...

...Ali Riza Apil; Erdener Kaynak Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine country of origin (COO) effects among Georgian consumers towards selected European Union (EU) member country products. Within this general framework, the present paper aims to determine Georgian consumers' perception...

... performance of 26 European Union (EU) nations against one another with seven economic variables as the benchmark parameters from 1999 to 2006. Findings The paper finds that not all the participating nations were equally efficient at the beginning of the economic integration in 1999. Economic integration...

...Farhad F. Ghannadian In the Euro zone unlike monetary policy, fiscal policy has to be coordinated with the limitations imposed by the Stability and Growth pact. Continuous violations of the Stability and Growth Pact by the powerful members of the European Union such as Germany and France have...