Small Countries in a Global Economy

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Small Countries in a Globalised World: Their Honeymoon or Twilight?; M.Svetlicic, D.Salvatore & J.P.Damijan PART I: THE EMERGENCE AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL COUNTRIES Nations, Conglomerates and Empires: Trade-off Between Income and Sovereignty; B.Milanovic The Economic Performance of Small Versus Large Nations; D.Salvatore Main Economic Characteristics of Small Countries: Some Empirical Evidence; J.P.Damijan PART II: TRANSITION OF SMALL CENTRAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES History of Czech Economic and Political Alignments Viewed as a Transition; V.Benacek From Monetary Integration via Monetary Independence to a New Integration? (The Case of Slovenia); I.Ribnikar Enterprise Sector Restructuring in a Small Economy: The Case of Slovenia; M.Simoneti, M.Rojec & M.Rems PART III: PROSPECTS OF SMALL COUNTRIES IN A GLOBALISING WORLD Competitiveness of Small Countries; J.D.Daniels & M.Svetlicic Experiences of a Small Country's Short Stay in the EU: The Case of Austria; F.Breuss The Contribution of Large, ('Western') Multinations to the Catching-up of Small ('Eastern') Countries; C.Bellak Index Abstracts