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Item type:Publication, Digital Transformation in Terms of Improving the Performance of Companies in North Macedonia(Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 2025-12)Antikj, Bojana - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The Impact of Political Institutions on Economic Growth in Post-Transition Europe(Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 2025-12); ; Bojadjieva, Daniela - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The Impact of Remittances on Domestic Investment and Consumption Expenditures: The Case of North Macedonia(Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 2025-12) - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Quantifying FDI’s Effects on GDP and Unemployment: Evidence from North Macedonia(Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 2025-12); ; This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth and unemployment in North Macedonia over the period 2014–2023. North Macedonia, a small post-transition economy with historically high unemployment, has actively pursued FDI as a development strategy. Using annual data and econometric analysis (stationarity tests, Pearson correlations, and OLS regressions in SPSS), we test four hypotheses about FDI’s relationship with GDP growth and unemployment. The results indicate a strong positive association between FDI inflows and real GDP growth and a significant negative association between FDI and the unemployment rate. In particular, higher FDI is correlated with faster GDP growth and lower unemployment, supporting the view that FDI can be a catalyst for economic development. Regression analysis further suggests that FDI has a statistically significant positive effect on GDP growth and a negative effect on unemployment, even when accounting for the growth-employment link. These findings confirm the optimistic hypothesis that FDI inflows drive macroeconomic improvements in North Macedonia. However, complementary factors (institutional quality, human capital) are crucial for maximizing FDI benefits. The paper concludes with policy implications, emphasizing the need to attract quality FDI and strengthen domestic absorptive capacities to ensure sustainable growth and job creation. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The Role of Institutions in the Economic Growth of OECD Countries(2024-12); ; ; This paper analyses the role of institutional quality in determining the economic growth in the OECD countries from 1995 to 2021 concerning the institutional economics framework developed by North (1990) and further advanced by Rodrik (2000) and Acemoglu et al. (2005). Institutions are viewed as the formal and informal structures that regulate economic, political, and social activities and are considered the key to influencing economic performance through the minimisation of transaction costs, encouragement of innovation, and human capital development. The theoretical framework assumes that inclusive institutions foster sustained economic growth while extractive institutions stifle development by consolidating power and assets. This paper hypothesises that institutional quality positively influences economic growth in OECD countries. Using panel regression models and Employing the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom Index and the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom as measures of institutional quality, it examines how government size, property rights, regulation, and trade freedom affect growth. The findings reveal that institutional quality has a positive but varying impact on economic growth. In particular, small government, low taxes, and good monetary policy are positively related to higher growth rates. However, factors such as property rights and trade freedom have either weak or negative coefficients of correlation with growth. The results suggest that fiscal prudency and sound money supply policies are conducive to growth, but other institutional factors are not as straightforward in their influence on growth. This study is useful for policymakers who wish to improve economic growth through institutional change. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Fiscal decentralization and economic growth: Empirical evidence from European countries(Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Economics-Skopje, 2024-05); <jats:p>In this paper we empirically investigate the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth in the European countries, using panel dataset for 31 European countries, over the period 1972-2012. Our empirical results indicate that fiscal decentralization, quantitatively measured as the ratio of local government expenditures and revenues in general government expenditures and revenues has a favorable impact on economic growth in the European countries and also that revenue decentralization is shown to be more effective than expenditure decentralization in terms of stimulating economic growth. Further, our empirical results also suggest that the relationship between decentralization and economic growth is nonlinear, i.e. there is a certain optimal level of fiscal decentralization in terms of economic growth. This means that fiscal decentralization is expected to have a more pronounced positive impact on growth in less decentralized countries, while in more decentralized countries, a further increase in decentralization starts to hinder economic growth. In addition, the growth-enhancing effect of fiscal decentralization is even strongly confirmed in our subsample of advanced European countries, when long termed effect of decentralization was examined. Therefore, compared with our previous findings on the impact of fiscal decentralization on growth in Central and Eastern European countries, we find that fiscal decentralization has a different impact on economic growth in advanced European countries vis-à-vis Central and Eastern European countries, i.e., while it enhances growth in the former, it hindered growth in the latter.</jats:p> - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Corruption, Government Spending and Economic Growth: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe(Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, 2023-12-15); ;