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Edward M. Jankovic, Fairfield Univ. & Pace Univ. — USA, Country Risk and Common Drivers of FDI in Central Europe

Michael M. Ye, St. Mary's College of Maryland — USA, John Zyren, Joanne Shore and Carol Joyce Blumberg, U.S. Department of Energy — USA, 3D Illustrations and Analyses of Factors Related to Crude Oil Prices

Monica Raileanu Szeles, Transylvania University of Brasov, Romania and CEPS/ INSTEAD, Luxembourg — Romania, Applying the Item Response Theory to the measurement of financial precariousness

Michal W. Bitner, Warsaw University — Poland and Krzysztof S. Cichocki, Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences — Poland, ASSESSMENT OF EFFICIENCY OF DEBT MANAGEMENT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT