{"title":"Review of national financial education policies aimed at the young","authors":"A. Lučić, Marija Uzelac, Luka Gaćina","doi":"10.51680/ev.34.2.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51680/ev.34.2.15","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The paper investigates and synthesizes an in-depth overview of national financial education policies and strategies aimed at the young, highlights the best practices, gives recommendations for the most efficient financial education efforts at the national level and the implementation of an efficient financial education policy in Croatia. Methodology: The analysis is conducted as a case study of financial education policies and strategies aimed at the young of the countries that achieved the best results on the OECD PISA test, Australia, the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Results: The examined countries have national financial education policies with similar aims, fields of financial education and strategies of evaluation but, although they are part of the curriculum, the programs are mostly not standardized and financial education efforts towards teachers and parents are not emphasized. Conclusion: To be efficient, a financial education program aimed at the young has to be relevant, customized according to participants’ characteristics, has to relate knowledge to a specific action, has to be longterm, successfully evaluated, standardized on the national level, implemented at a younger age and have a specified aim. Financial education should be considered as an independent subject in formal education.","PeriodicalId":42693,"journal":{"name":"Ekonomski Vjesnik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70667871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using ANFIS in joint dynamics of monetization, financial development, public debt and unemployment analysis","authors":"Sonja Brlečić Valčić, A. Samodol, M. Valčić","doi":"10.51680/EV.34.1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51680/EV.34.1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The modern concepts of contemplating joint dynamics of monetary policy effects on economic growth and its indicators require an indirect approach based on empirical research of mainly financial infrastructure, competitiveness of the financial markets and current economic conditions. Meanwhile, the problems of unemployment and the structure of employment within these concepts are most frequently linked with the polarization of the labor market and two important factors, that is, the effects of growth on unemployment and the fact that technological changes affect the changes in salary ranges. Methodology: By using the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) and the set of data from 1995 to 2016, this paper analyzes these issues through a prism of established balances between the labor and financial markets, i.e., the monetization of economy (M1/GDP), financial development (Loans/GDP) and the share of gross government debt in GDP (government gross debt/GDP). Results: The proposed model suggests that the rate of unemployment is conditioned by the financial cycle and monetary policy (M1/GDP, Loans/GDP), as well as the business cycle and fiscal policy (gross d/BDP) and that a controlled and properly directed level of monetization of the economy (M1/BDP) and financial development measured as Loans/GDP can be “sufficient” for economic growth. Conclusion: Waiting in the “monetary union lobby”, i.e., waiting for the ERM II exchange mechanism can last longer than the set deadlines, leading to the need for Croatian economic policy to optimize monetary and fiscal policy measures in order to increase economic growth and reduce unemployment.","PeriodicalId":42693,"journal":{"name":"Ekonomski Vjesnik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70666950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"International trade of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)","authors":"P. Misevic","doi":"10.51680/EV.34.1.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51680/EV.34.1.14","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The main purpose of this research is to analyse the international trade of the EAEU member states. Methodology: The paper is based on the use of indicators such as the trade balance, intra-industry trade, import content of exports, trade openness, and the share of exports in GDP. Results: The results show openness to foreign trade and export orientation of the EAEU member states. Conclusion: The conclusion is that international trade, the rapid growth of export, and trade openness differ significantly between the EAEU member states.","PeriodicalId":42693,"journal":{"name":"Ekonomski Vjesnik","volume":"34 1","pages":"187-195"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70666690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of factors affecting the savings of private profit companies in Bosnia and\u0000Herzegovina expressed in relative amount of GDP by applying the ARDL methodology","authors":"Irma Đidelija","doi":"10.51680/EV.34.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51680/EV.34.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This paper is aimed at analyzing one component of private savings and its factors, namely the savings of private profit companies. Methodology: An analysis was conducted of the savings of the private profit companies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which, viewed as the sum of savings and time deposits, recorded a cumulative growth of 78.72% until the outbreak of the global financial crisis. In order to examine what factors favored such positive developments the ARDL methodology was applied. Results: The variables that statistically significantly affect the savings of private profit companies in BiH are GDP growth rate, deposit interest rate, money supply in % of GDP and current account balance in % of GDP (marginally significant at 6% significance level). Conclusion: The methodology applied confirmed the hypothesis of the paper, which proposes that the savings of private profit companies in BiH are significantly influenced by variables of the financial type.","PeriodicalId":42693,"journal":{"name":"Ekonomski Vjesnik","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70666369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}