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    Factors affecting current account in the Republic of Macedonia
    (Center of Economic Analysis- CEA, 2015)
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    Large and persistent current account deficit in most of the transition countries have attracted considerable attention, especially with the beginning of the world economic crisis. Even though common trends in the transition countries are included in the analysis, the main focus of this paper is to provide theoretical and empirical study of the main determinants of the current account in Macedonia. Multiple regression model with ordinary least squares estimator (OLS) was used for the analyzed period January 2003 – September 2012. According to the results, the variables: budget deficit, foreign direct investments, ratio of export and import, new approved credits are statistically significant determinants of the current account in Macedonia. In general, these are structural factors that affect the external imbalance. Still, part of the deepening of current account deficit (especially during third quarter of 2007 and first quarter of 2009) appears to be related to external shocks: global increase of the prices and world economic crisis. These cyclical factors reversed alongside the economic recovery during 2009, and the current account deficit was back to its average levels. This indicates the urgent need for structural changes in the Macedonian economy in order to decrease its external vulnerability in the future.
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    Influence of Trade and Institutions on Economic Growth in Transitional Economies: Evidences from Countries from Central and Eastern Europe and Western Balkans
    (Institute of economic sciences, Belgrade, Serbia, 2017)
    Kocevska shapkova, Katerina
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    The importance of institutions and free trade for economic growth is widely acknowledged in recent economic literature. In this paper we are focused on determining the fractional effects of changes of institutions and trade on economic growth as dependent variable. The analysis includes selected transitional economies from Central and Eastern Europe and Western Balkans. In order to estimate the effect on the institutions and trade on growth rates we develop an ordinary least squares (OLS) panel regression model. The model examines 16 cross section units (countries) in the period 2000-2016. The novelty of our work is that this is the first organized effort to inspect the importance of institutions and trade on economic prosperity in this specific geographic area. Cross-country log-log regressions models demonstrate that both institutions and trade are statistically significant determinants the gross domestic product per capita in the selected economies.