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Are New EU Member States Improving Their Institutional Effectiveness for Global Knowledge-based Economy? TOPSIS Analysis for the Years 2000-2010

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  • Adam P. Balcerzak

    (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland)

  • Michal Bernard Pietrzak

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The article is devoted to measuring the effectiveness of institutional systems of EU countries in terms of their relevance to the requirements of global knowledge-based economy. The main aim of the article is to evaluate the progress obtained by New Member States in the years 2000-2010. The empirical part is based on the modified TOPSIS method. Data from Fraser Institute has been used.

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  • Adam P. Balcerzak & Michal Bernard Pietrzak, 2014. "Are New EU Member States Improving Their Institutional Effectiveness for Global Knowledge-based Economy? TOPSIS Analysis for the Years 2000-2010," Working Papers 16/2014, Institute of Economic Research, revised Nov 2014.
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    Keywords

    institutional economics; effectiveness of institutional system; global knowledge-based economy; European Union; TOPSIS method;
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    JEL classification:

    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • F6 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis

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