Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Slovakia

Introduction. Michael Augustin, Peter Jancovic, and Bruno S. Sergi

PART I. Dynamics of the Slovak Economy

Chapter 1. Historical Development of the Czechoslovak and Slovak Economies in the Transition Period; Juraj Sipko

Chapter 2. Slovak Experience with Capitalism: the Myth of the Tatra Tiger; Michael Augustin and Peter Daubner

Chapter 3. Slovakia?s Changing Position among Economies of the European Union and the World; Natalia Zagorsekova

Chapter 4. Critical Perspectives to Growth-based Approach as Policy Goal and Dominant Measure of Policy Performance in Slovakia; Jakub Csabay

PART II. Policies, Institutions, and Markets

Chapter 5. Empirical Study of the Slovak Labor Market in the Breakthrough Development Period; Renata Pitonakova and Ladislav Kabat

Chapter 6. The Residential Real Estate Market in the Slovak Republic; Eva Horvatova

Chapter 7. External Economic Relations of the Slovak Republic: Trade, Investment and Related Policies; Peter Jancovic

Chapter 8. Divergence of Slovak Regions: Bumpy Road to Decentralization; Anton Marcincin

Chapter 9. The Political-Economic Foundations of Slovakia's Dependent Growth Model; Jakub Szabo

PART III. Characteristics and Performance of Selected Industries

Chapter 10. Slovakia as an Automobile Superpower or Factory Economy?; Monika Martiskova and Katarina Lukacova

Chapter 11. Slovak Innovation Ecosystem: IT & Digital Innovations; Jaroslav Vokoun

Chapter 12. Business Service Centers: A New Growth Impulse for the Slovak Economy; Tomas Dudas

Chapter 13. Culture and Tourism: Hidden Potential for Slovak Economy; Kristina Baculakova

Chapter 14. Economic Trajectories of Slovakia and Czechia: Twins or Unique Cases?; Lubor Lacina and Dunja Spasojevic