Optimum Currency Areas theory and the Slovak suitability for the euro adoption

This paper tests the present readiness of Slovakia to join the European Monetary Union (EMU) based on the classical Optimum Currency Area criteria, the degree of trade intensity and business cycle synchronization. The results do not fully confirm the hypothesis that Slovakia already constitutes an optimum monetary union with the rest of the EMU countries mainly the labour mobility is largely ineffective as adjustment mechanism. But, Slovakia is a open economy, its degree of trade integration is the highest among the Central and Eastern European countries and its economic and production structures are quite similar to the intra-EMU average. Moreover, Slovakia's business cycle appears at least as highly synchronized with the EMU''s one as some present, small and peripheral EMU member countries. This would indicate that this country is equally a suitable candidate for the EMU membership and that the Euro adoption should not increase the likelihood of asymmetric shocks.

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The Regulation of Unsolicited Commercial Communications (Spam): Is the opt-out mechanism effective?

A growing number of companies are using e-mail as an important component of their online marketing strategies. However, this brings about the problem of 'spam', i e, unsolicited junk mail. Spam is such a nuisance to consumers that it threatens the way we communicate. In order to limit spam, both technical and legal measures have been put in place. In countries where anti-spam legislation has been adopted, two mechanisms have been used to limit spam, namely either the opt-out or the opt-in mechanism. South Africa has adopted the opt-out mechanism in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002. This paper considers the problems posed by spam and methods used to send spam to consumers and focuses on the effectiveness (or lack) of the opt-out mechanismMercantile La

The Role of DNA Topoisomerase II In Drug Resistance and Sensitivity.

Intrinsic or acquired resistance of human tumors to chemotheraphy is often multifactorial. One of the factors involved in resistance is the nuclear enzyme DNA topoisomerase II (TopoII) which is known to be the target of a variety of cytotoxic drugs which are widely used in the clinic. A factor complicating TopoII research is the presence of two TopoII isoforms in human cells which are called TopoIIa and b. In this thesis the role of these isoforms in resistance in small cell lung carcinoma cell line models is examined and the regulation of TopoII expression in human ovarian tumors is investigated. .... Zie: Summary and conclusions