European Union, Economic Relations and Macroeconomics: Origins of Foreign Direct Investment in Croatia: Application of an Expanded Gravity Model -- Balkan Area and EU-15: An Empirical Investigation of Income Convergence -- The Economic Relations of Bosnia-Herzegovina and FYROM with the Other States that Emerged from the Breakup of Yugoslavia Considering the Ohrid and Dayton Agreements -- The Impact of Inflation Targeting Policy on the Inflation Uncertainty in Turkey -- Fiscal Policy Under the EMU -- Finance and Banking: Central Banks Between Classicism and Modernity -- Credit Risk in the Romanian Banking System: Evidence from an ARDL Model -- Regional Policy, Rural Development and Information Society: Competitveness and Cohesion in the European Union: A Dilemma?- Local Cooperation: A Dynamic Force for Endogenous Rural Development -- Exploring Consumers' Purchasing Behaviour Regarding Organic Wine in a Convergence EU Region: The Case of East Macedonia and Thrace, Greece -- Information Society: Statistical Profiles and Development Stages.