26 articles in this issue
Matti Raudjärv, Manfred O.E. Hennies
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Frank Ehrhold
During the last several years Greece has been under consistent and severe economic pressure; high national debt, trade deficit, and an undefined future has led to a persistent climate of uncertainty and presents a threat to economic recovery. As a result ... see more
Detlev Ehrig, Uwe Staroske
Dorothea Greiling
Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt fand nicht nur eine Ausweitung der bürgerbezogenen Rechenschaftslegung, sondern auch der Formen des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements statt. Je nach Standpunkt werden beide Instrumente als Ansatz gesehen, um verloren gegangenes Bürge... see more
Kati Kõrbe Kaare, Ott Koppel
Transportation planning recognizes the critical links between mobility and other goals of society. Strategies supporting infrastructure investments lead to substantial public interest because they relate to public expenditures. Decision processes related ... see more
Sulev Mäeltsemees, Michael Kull, Mikk Lõhmus, Jüri Ratas
The purpose of this paper is to analyze socio-economic goals of the administrative-territorial reform in Estonia. An administrative-territorial reform has been a top issue since in Estonia regained its independence but there are virtually no results. In 1... see more
Margot Müürsepp, Üllas Ehrlich
In contrast to countries with longer experience in the field, Estonia has not actively included public opinion into the planning process of new wind farms. Wind farms in Estonia are built mainly on the coast, 90% of which is covered with natural surface. ... see more
Eve Parts
The purpose of the current paper is to investigate the possible relationship between fiscal discipline and social capital in EU member states during the last economic crisis and recovery, along with the assessment of the initial welfare effects of fiscal ... see more
Kristi Ploom, Toomas Haldma
In response to increasing concerns with the legitimacy and efficiency of public spending, performance management as a part of world-wide public sector reform, called New Public Management (NPM) has taken place. This is also the case of educational sector.... see more
Olev Raju
Estonia suffered the deepest economic crisis of its history in 2007-2010; also, the crisis was one of the most troublesome ones among the member states of EU. The paper deals with main indicators describing the size and dynamics of the crisis and with the... see more
Matti Raudjärv
The problems related to industry are topical because there is no real industrial policy in Estonia today. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the stages of development of Estonian industry in different periods (…–1858, ……, 2010–…). Estoni... see more
Janno Reiljan
The aim of this article is to describe Estonia’s economic development strategy in the Baltic Sea region primarily from the perspective of labour costs as a factor in international competitiveness. Estonia’s position in the international division of econom... see more
Armin Rohde
In the present paper fundamental changes in monetary policy strategy, especially in leading industrialized countries, from concentrating on development of the quantity of money to focusing strictly on developments of interest rates and interest rate level... see more
Oksana Ruzha, Svetlana Ignatjeva
Mass appraisal of real estate is one of the most classical economic tasks in accomplishing of which econometric modeling is successfully applied. The following article dwells upon three models used for estimating the commercial value of residential real e... see more
Kärt Rõigas, Marge Seppo, Urmas Varblane
This paper aims to benchmark Estonian governmental support measures targeted toward enhancing university-industry collaboration to European best practice and make suggestions for the development of these measures. The intensity and scope of university-ind... see more
Jüri Sepp, Raigo Ernits
The liberalisation of infrastructure sectors through opening up markets as a method for increasing the efficiency of infrastructure services is an international tendency. Emerging competition has been seen as an essential element in this process. On the o... see more
Marko Viiding, Liina Joller
It has been proven that a country’s development level increases with greater access to and use of electricity. However this holds true for lower levels of development – in the light of increasing political commitments for environmental concerns and global... see more
Herbert Metsa was born on 2 January 1931 and graduated the Faculty of Law of Tartu University with honours degree in 1954. He worked as the vice-chairman of the board of Tartu Consumers’ Co-operative.The leader of the Department of Political Economy of Ta... see more