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Wrocław University of Economics
Wrocław 2008
Editor
Ewa Knichnicka
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Tim Macauley and Ewa Kania
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. ARTICLES
Finn Olesen
LANGE AND HIS 1938 REVIEW OF THE GENERAL THEORY...…. 5
Izabela Bludnik
DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY – THE KEYNESIAN
PERSPECTIVE...……… ...………. 19 Agata Kocia
FISCAL SYSTEMS COMPETITION: HYPOTHESES AND EMPIRICAL
RESULTS...
31 Wioletta Nawrot
TAKING ADVANTAGE FROM THE EU FINANCIAL SERVICES ACTION PLAN
– RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE POLISH STOCK MARKET...………….… 45 Arkadiusz Babczuk, Artur Więznowski
THE REVENUE AUTONOMY OF SELF-GOVERNMENTS IN SELECTED
EU COUNTRIES...………..… 67 Agnieszka Ostalecka
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BANKING CRISES IN ARGENTINA
AND PARAGUAY IN THE MID-1990S...………...……… 83 Maria Monti
A NOTE ON THE RESIDUAL TERM R IN THE DECOMPOSITION
OF THE GINI INDEX…...………... 107
II. REVIEWS AND NOTES
Krystyna Mazurek-Łopacińska (ed.): BADANIA MARKETINGOWE W PRZESTRZENI EUROPEJSKIEJ [MARKETING RESEARCH IN THE EUROPEAN SPACE]
(Henryk Mruk)...………... 139 Krzysztof Jajuga, Marek Walesiak (eds.): TAKSONOMIA 14. KLASYFIKACJA
I ANALIZA DANYCH – TEORIA I ZASTOSOWANIA [TAXONOMY. VOL. 14. CLASSIFICATION AND DATA ANALYSIS – THEORY AND APPLICATIONS]
Jan Skalik (ed.): ZMIANA WARUNKIEM SUKCESU. DYNAMIKA ZMIAN
W ORGANIZACJI – EWOLUCJA CZY REWOLUCJA [CHANGE AS A CONDITION OF SUCCESS. DYNAMICS OF CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION – EVOLUTION
OR REVOLUTION] (Kazimierz Zimniewicz) ... 141 Davide Castellani, Antonello Zanfei: MULTINATIONAL FIRM, INNOVATION
AND PRODUCTIVITY (Karol Makarewicz) ...……….. 143 Aleksander Binsztok, Kazimierz Perechuda (eds.): KONCEPCJE, MODELE I METODY ZARZĄDZANIA INFORMACJĄ I WIEDZĄ [CONCEPTS, MODELS AND METHODS OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT] (Czesław Mesjasz) ... 145 Stanisław Flejterski: METODOLOGIA FINANSÓW. PODRĘCZNIK AKADEMICKI
[METHODOLOGY OF FINANCE. AN ACADEMIC HANDBOOK]
(Dorota Korenik) ……….. 147 Wanda Ronka-Chmielowiec, Krzysztof Jajuga (eds.): INWESTYCJE FINANSOWE
A UBEZPIECZENIA. TENDENCJE ŚWIATOWE A RYNEK POLSKI [FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS AND INSURANCE. WORLD TENDENCIES AND POLISH
MARKET] (Włodzimierz Szkutnik)...……... 151 Peter von der Lippe: INDEX THEORY AND PRICE STATISTICS (Józef Dziechciarz)... 157