This proceedings book presents selected papers from the 10th international conference on the "Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries in the Changing World" (EBEEC), held in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2018. In addition to discussing the latest research, it includes papers adopting a wide variety of theoretical approaches and empirical methodologies and covering a number of key areas, such as international economics, economic growth, finance and banking, insurance, healthcare, agriculture, labor and energy markets, innovation, management and marketing. In addition, the authors discuss policy instruments and best practices for the region. This book appeals to scholars and students in fields of economics and finance as well as practitioners interested in the development of the region.

Autorentext

Marietta Janowicz-Lomott is an Associate Professor at the Department of Risk and Insurance Warsaw School of Economics, Poland. He is the author of several dozen scientific publications in the fields of finance, insurance and risk management.

Krzysztof yskawa is an Associate Professor at the Department of Insurance, Pozna University of Economics, Poland. He has worked in academia, the private sector and associations, and his research and professional activities focus on risk management, property insurance, pension schemes, and life insurance. He has also worked in various brokerage companies since 1998.

Persefoni Polychronidou is an Assistant Professor of Applied Econometrics in Accounting and Finance at the International Hellenic University. She is the co-editor of the International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences Applied Research (IJBESAR). Her research focuses on statistical and data analysis and she has published numerous papers on empirical economic data.

Anastasios Karasavvoglou is a Professor of Economics and President of the Annual International Conference "The Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries in the Changing World". He has published numerous books and papers on immigration, regional development and the labor market.

Inhalt

Political Risk Complementarity Between Business Economics and International Relations.- The Impact of Public Debt on Economic Growth: Empirical Analyses for Western Balkan Countries.- Inflation and Economic Growth in Turkey.- Distance as Determinant of FDI in Transition Countries.- The Financial Services Exports of China and the Role of RMB.- The Succession in SME's.- Innovativeness of Serbian Enterprises as a Factor of Competitiveness Improvement at the International Market.- Electric Energy Sector in Turkey and Energy Trading Between Turkey and Balkan Countries.- Profitability Determinants of Insurance Companies in the Republic of Serbia.- Instruments for Financing Damage in Animal Production in Poland and the European Union.- Determinants of Demand for Private Voluntary Health Insurance.- Healthcare Goods and Services.- The Path for Introducing Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) in Albanian Healthcare.- On a Bertrand Dynamic Game with Differentiated Goods, Heterogeneous Expectations and Asymmetric Cost Functions.- Forecasting Meal Requirements Using Time Series Methods in Organization.- The Upcoming Role of the Enterprise Architect.- A Hierarchical Analysis of Internet Adoption and Usage by the Seniors.- What Happened in Turkey after Booking.Com Limitation: Sentiment Analysis of Tweets via Text Mining.- Sentiment Analysis of How Turkish Customers Effect from Paypal Closure.- What Is the Priority of the Political Rhetoric of the Russian Presidents.