Articles Zdeněk DVORNÝ, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, University of Economics, Prague, 4 W. Churchill Sq., 130 67 Prague 3 (e-mail: Zdenek.Dvorny@cerge-ei.cz) BUDGET DEFICIT AND INTEREST RATES Wadim STRIELKOWSKI, National University of Ireland, Galway, University rd. Galway, Republic of Ireland (e-mail: strielkowski@centrum.cz), Cathal O'DONOGHUE, National University of Ireland, Galway, IZA Bonn, University rd. Galway, Republic of Ireland (e-mail: cathal.odonoghue@nuigalway.ie) READY TO GO? EU ENLARGEMENT AND MIGRATION POTENTIAL: LESSONS FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN THE CONTEXT OF IRISH MIGRATION EXPERIENCE [full text (PDF)] Petr MARIEL, Cristina LÓPEZ, Karmele FERNÁNDEZ, Departamento de Econometría y Estadística, Universidad del País Vasco, Lehendakari Aguirre 83, E48015 BILBAO, Spain, e-mail: etpmaxxp@bs.ehu.es SALES-ADVERTISING RELATIONSHIP: AN APPLICATION OF PANEL DATA FROM THE GERMAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY [full text (PDF)] Hüseyin KALYONCU, Department of Economics, Cukurova University 01330, Adana, TURKEY (e-mail: kalyuncu@cu. edu.tr) INTERNATIONAL INTERTEMPORAL SOLVENCY IN OECD COUNTRIES: EVIDENCE FROM PANEL UNIT ROOT [full text (PDF)] Eva CIHELKOVÁ, Pavel HNÁT, University of Economics, 4, W. Churchill Sq., CZ – 130 67 Prague 3 (e-mail: cihelka@vse.cz, hnatp@vse.cz) SUBREGIONALISM WITHIN THE EU WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THE GROUPINGS OF WHICH THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS A MEMBER [full text (PDF)] Anna KADEŘÁBKOVÁ, Centre for Economic Studies, I. P. Pavlova 3, CZ – 120 00 Prague 2 (e-mail: kaderabkova@vsem.cz) CHALLENGES FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC’s COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE ENLARGED EU [full text (PDF)] Adam GERŠL, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, Opletalova 26, CZ –11000 Prague 1 and Czech National Bank, Na Příkopě 28, CZ – 115 03 Prague 1 (e-mail: adam.gersl@cnb.cz) DEVELOPMENT OF FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND OTHER NEW EU MEMBER STATES BEFORE THEIR EU ENTRY: DID THE EU PRESSURE HAVE IMPACT? [full text (PDF)]