Original scientific paper

Economic Science, Research Encounters and Institutional Constraints

Maja VEHOVEC

Abstract

Scientific research in the field of economics was traditionally
kept inside the domestic market and within a rigid
framework of vertical discipline. It has gradually started to
open up in the '90s, but ten-year data, from 1993 – 2002,
show modest results. The non-existence of a national
scientific research register for international cooperation
prevents a more precise and detailed situation review. The
goal of this paper is to investigate institutional constraints
that prevent more intensive international cooperation in the
field of economics. The database is collected empirically,
mainly by qualitative methodology of in-depth interviews, but
also by quantitative analysis of public data on international
scientific cooperation. The analysis has showed that formal
and informal institutional constraints still powerfully prevent
the competitive ability of domestic researchers. Thus, the aim
was to identify those constraints that were perceived as the
biggest surprise or difference. From the EU integration
perspective the purpose of this paper is to assess whether
economic encounters are converging in competitive
cohabitation with assets or liabilities. It seems that incentives
of informal institutions point to a win-win situation.

Keywords

Hrčak ID:

16103

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16103

Publication date:

30.4.2004.

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