Modeling Economic Growth in Contemporary Slovakia

Michael Augustín is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Political Relations of the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. He also works as a Researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava.Peter Jančovič is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Economic Relations and Economic Diplomacy of the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovak Republic.Bruno S. Sergi is an Instructor at Harvard University, where he is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Harvard Center for International Development and a Full Professor of Political Economy at the University of Messina, Italy. He is co-Director of the Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development (LEAD), a research lab based in Cambridge, USA, that aims to generate and share knowledge about entrepreneurship, development, and sustainability.

• Introduction. Michael Augustín, Peter Jančovič, 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 Augustín and Peter Daubner Chapter 3. Slovakia´s Changing Position among Economies of the European Union and the World; Natália Zagoršeková 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; Renáta Pitoňáková and Ladislav Kabát Chapter 6. The Residential Real Estate Market in the Slovak Republic; Eva Horvátová Chapter 7. External Economic Relations of the Slovak Republic: Trade, Investment and Related Policies; Peter Jančovič Chapter 8. Divergence of Slovak Regions: Bumpy Road to Decentralization; Anton Marcinčin Chapter 9. The Political-Economic Foundations of Slovakia's Dependent Growth Model; Jakub Szabó PART III. Characteristics and Performance of Selected Industries Chapter 10. Slovakia as an Automobile Superpower or Factory Economy?; Monika Martišková and Katarína Lukáčová Chapter 11. Slovak Innovation Ecosystem: IT & Digital Innovations; Jaroslav Vokoun Chapter 12. Business Service Centers: A New Growth Impulse for the Slovak Economy; Tomáš Dudáš Chapter 13. Culture and Tourism: Hidden Potential for Slovak Economy; Kristína Baculáková Chapter 14. Economic Trajectories of Slovakia and Czechia: Twins or Unique Cases?; Lubor Lacina and Dunja Spasojević