
Rita Remeikiene
Rita Remeikiene
doctor of economics
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This study analyzes the legal and fi scal framework for freelancers and digital platform workers in the Republic of Moldova, highlighting fi scal and social challenges and the lack of a clear legal status. Research methods include a documentary analysis of national legislation and relevant international regulations, comparative studies with Europea...
The circular economy principles are believed to contribute to waste reduction, pollution and climate change prevention, conservation of resources and security of their supply, and economic resilience. Therefore, it is extremely important not only to implement the principles of the circular economy, but also to properly assess their impact, so that...
This research examines the specific challenges faced by digital platform workers. Currently, the legal status of these workers remains ambiguous, and the regulatory frameworks, unprepared for these developments in the transformation of the labour market, significantly hinder collective bargaining efforts. The paper argues that labour law reforms ar...
Circular economy principles are proposed to solve problems of various topics, such as waste reduction, prevention of pollution and climate change, conservation of resources and security of their supply, economic resilience, therefore it is important not only to follow them, but also to properly assess their impact, so that interested parties could...
As technology continues to improve, e-crime poses a huge threat to the global economy. According to the World Cyber Security Report (2023), vulnerabilities in the digital world are growing along with technological innovation, which is driving e-crime (World Economic Forum, 2023). This research shows that more and more organizations and countries ar...
The book offers a comprehensive examination of the theoretical and practical aspects of secondary raw material markets within the context of the circular economy. The utilisation of secondary raw materials is of vital importance in the reduction of reliance on non-renewable primary resources, and plays a pivotal role in the development of circular...
Research background: Tourism sector is considered as a driving force of economic development and understanding factors that deter the flow of tourists and hinder its development, which is essential for all actors involved in this industry.
Purpose of the article: The purpose of the article is to investigate the impact of rule of law, corruption,...
The chapter aims to analyse the effects of the main economic and financial crimes on countries’ economies and social inequality/poverty. Economic development and social inequality and poverty are examined together, since socioeconomic inequality and poverty is a deep problem that becomes an obstacle to the development of the entire world economy, s...
The aim of the chapter is to carry out an analysis of the effects of the main economic and financial crimes on business development and the activity and reputation of financial and banking institutions. Business development and the activities of financial-banking institutions are examined together, since business financing is inseparable from bank/...
The chapter analyses the impact of economic and financial crimes, such as money laundering, corruption, tax evasion, informal employment/entrepreneurship, cybercrime, illicit financial flows, on the state budget and the quality of public services, and what measures would help control the negative effects of the considered phenomena. The analysis of...
The paper aims to perform an objective comparative analysis of the business climate for entrepreneurship development in European countries in 2021 and group them according to the quality of the business climate. The research uses thirteen criteria from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report and TOPSIS methodology combined with entropy to perfor...
The monograph prepared by the group of researchers examines the problem of improving the transformation of business models in clusters. The importance of this issue is manifested in the fact that in the conditions of globalization, with increasing international competition, there is a need to improve business models focused on international value c...
The enduring Ukrainian conflict since 2014 has cast global legal frameworks into a crucible of challenges and prospects. This collective monograph, composed by twelve erudite scholars across twelve chapters, delves deep into law's interface with warfare, spotlighting Ukrainian dynamics. From healthcare’s human rights conundrums during martial law,...
Research background: Although some authors propose that economic growth should reduce crime rates as wider opportunities to earn money in a legal way diminish the incentives to commit illegal activities and lead to rising costs of the latter, the results of many studies indicate that an increase in crime rates is also possible under the conditions...
The article focuses on the differences in motivation, working environment and legal regulation of digital platform work, as well as demographic characteristics of digital platform workers in new EU member states (Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia and Romania). The research is based on the COLLEEM survey (2018) results. The ANOVA test revealed s...
The shadow economy (SE) is a global phenomenon that affects every country. However, its forms and mechanisms may differ depending on a country's socio-economic characteristics. The major characteristic is a country’s economic system. Hence, market and transition economies can be affected differently. Given that the size of the SE directly affects t...
Money laundering is the process of hiding or disguising the unlawful origin of property and hiding or disguising the true nature, origin, source, location, disposal, ownership or title of property. In other words, money laundering means “laundering” dirty money until it becomes clean. Corrupt officials and other criminals use money laundering techn...
Historical and economic studies indicate that people in all societies have long adapted their activities to the regulations of their contemporary economic system either not to violate these regulations or to avoid them. Thus, if we treat informal economic activities as the activities that are conducted by evading the regulatory norms established in...
To report the study on the relationship between unemployment and the informal economy in Lithuania, the first section reviews the materials and methods used, while the second section reports the findings regarding both the characteristics of the unemployed and their motivations for participating in the informal economy.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an extremely important factor that promotes national competitiveness and economic development through technology transfer, new management skills, foreign trade, corporate productivity, etc. This study aims to analyze the significance of FDI and its impact on tax revenue and competitiveness, focusing on the Europea...
The Covid-19 pandemic mainly affected those target groups who, due to the nature of their duties, were unable to isolate themselves. The consequences of such work are psychological tension with various symptoms. In this situation, the formation of a system for localizing its consequences becomes a very important task. Three parts are distinguished:...
This final chapter provides a summary of firstly, the in-depth literature review of the informal economy and the relationship between unemployment and the informal economy. Secondly, it reports the findings of the survey conducted in Lithuania regarding the participation of the unemployed in the informal economy, and third and finally, it attempts...
The number of enforcement actions and fines for non-compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations continues climbing year after year, and the year 2021 was no exception to this tendency. Globally, authorities remain harsh, and AML fines in Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom have been increasing (Global Anti-Money Laundering...
In order to forecast stock prices based on economic indicators, many studies have been conducted using well-known statistical methods. Meanwhile, since ~2010 as the power of computers improved, new methods of machine learning began to be used. It would be interesting to know how those algorithms using a variety of mathematical and statistical metho...
The article addresses a topical issue which is extremely relevant in crisis periods – evaluation of the level of the shadow economy in all Lithuanian regions. By applying the MIMIC modelling, three equations were developed for three different periods: economic upturn, economic downturn (crisis) and economic recovery. The number of immigrants, emplo...
The article aims to investigate the need for psychological help and its availability for professionals working in frontal areas during an emergency situation. A representative study (N=1139; educators, medical staff, social workers, psychologist, and other; 304 respondents from Vilnius district) concluded that the need for psychological services an...
Under the current extreme conditions, with an increasing number of the unemployed, the size of the shadow economy is also growing. The competitiveness of municipalities depends to a large extent on their ability to manage unemployment and reduce the size of the shadow economy. A strategy selected for improving the municipal economy significantly af...
The main goal of setting energy efficiency priorities is to find ways to reduce energy consumption without harming consumers and the environment. The renovation of buildings can be considered one of the main aspects of energy efficiency in the European Union (EU). In the EU, only 5% of the renovation projects have been able to yield energy-saving a...
There are a big number of researches which analyzing stock price returns. Some of them is based on fundamental analysis theory. Meanwhile other studies are based on efficient market hypotheses and financial behavior theories. However, there is not enough researches combining the characteristics of these theories into one. Such kind of researches in...
The main idea of the article is to understand how non-European citizens assess the links between corruption and cigarette smuggling. The results of the article are important in formulating strategies to reduce corruption and smuggling, taking into account public attitudes towards corruption and cigarette smuggling. To complete the empirical study,...
The scientific theme aims to predict the choice of gold investment strategies, taking into account money laundering issues. Scientific literature proposes many different presumptions concerning the most influential gold price determinants at national, regional and international levels, but the results of different studies are rather contradictory....
Money laundering is one of the EU Policy Cycle priorities, Europol's priority crime area, under 2018-2021 EU Policy Cycle. Money laundering is an offence in its own right-but it is also closely related to other forms of serious and organised crime as well as the financing of terrorism. Smuggling of money laundering cigarettes is a strategically imp...
The European Union is made up of countries that differ significantly in their economic development. In order to develop tailored strategies for their development, it should be possible to quantify the condition at a desired point in particular time. Again, on this basis, the process of economic development can be quantified and thus typicalities id...
Studies looking at the links between corruption and quality of life have begun to take place recently, as until now the quality of life has not traditionally been associated with political decisions. Corruption may be defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, which in one way or another affects the quality of life and satisfaction o...
Since the era of the Industrial Revolution, energy consumption has considerably increased. As a consequence, a significant rise in greenhouse gas emissions has become a serious threat to environmental sustainability through climatic changes, global warming, natural disasters and pollution. In this context, increasing energy efficiency as well as th...
to become an essential player in international economic relations and take a prominent place in the world market. In this context, foreign direct investment inflows are accepted as a source of competitiveness through knowledge, know-how and technology transfer, but competitiveness is also accepted as a significant determinant of foreign direct inve...
The methods employed for the research include comparative and systematic literature analysis, statistical data analysis, expert evaluation and the Multiple Indicators Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model. There are several research gaps in the field of e-business: 1) there is no simplified factor model which would denote the development of e-business, inc...
Our article concentrates to the main aim – to assess the impact of emigration on an origin economy. This topic was chosen because the theoretical research has disclosed that the positive impact of emigration usually manifests through monetary transfers to a native country while the negative impact mainly emerges as a reduction in the labour force,...
The development of an appropriate export promotion strategy in any country calls for consideration of such country-level determinants as macroeconomic indicators and cultural elements. Small economies, like Lithuania, must have a clear understanding of which macroeconomic factors most significantly contribute to the competitiveness of their exports...
This article is aimed at identification of the shadow economy’s causal factors and indicators in 19 Eurozone member states over the period from 2005 to 2016. Application of the MIMIC model has allowed to identify the following causal factors of the shadow economy in the Eurozone: employment rate, gender wage gap and income inequalities (expressed a...
An analysis of the scientific literature has revealed that companies in advanced countries have mixed capital structures, whereas companies in less advanced countries mostly depend on bank credits and loans. The reason for dependence on bank funding lies in the fact that corporate bonds are profitable only to large companies with a high credit rati...
Although international trade is an incontestable driver of economic development, scientific literature still lacks the studies to assess the impact of the international trade in agricultural products on the EU economic growth. The agricultural sector is treated as specific in comparison to other economic sectors as the EU subsidisation policies cau...
The article is very topical and of high scientific value as it covers the problems of regional exclusion emphasized in the EU strategic documents. Regions suffer from social and economic exclusion, which, in turn, induces high unemployment and crime rates, and leads to the flourishing of smuggling. The aim of this article is to estimate the level o...
During the World War I, most of the countries stopped coin production and began converting paper money into gold. Various forms of exchange were later abolished during the "Great Depression" in 1929-1933. Later, gold lost the value of money in most of the economies worldwide. Multiple price rise of gold caused a real rise in the value of gold reser...
This articles analyses a contemporary problem, which has not been thoroughly analysed in scientific literature – Estimation of Digital Shadow Economy through a modified MIMIC model. It is the first pilot research of such type, which allows to reveal the need of deeper data analysis and data collection. Received results show, that three causal facto...
The benefits of agricultural exports’ impact to developing economies
have been confirmed by most of researchers. When analyzing the
Baltic States, attention should be paid firstly to the peculiarities of
agriculture and to relatively low subsidies of the EU funds in comparison
with the old EU countries. In addition, the support of agricultural
sect...
The article is aimed at complementation of the theory of shadow economy with consumers’ attitudes towards the concept, determinants and channels of digital shadow economy at the international level. The results of the empirical research have enabled to define the phenomenon of digital shadow economy leaning on evaluations of the consumers from two...
The main purpose herein, is to assess the popularity of the innovative funding mechanisms when acquiring land at the national level. The results of the research suggest that the innovative funding mechanisms are neither popular nor available when making the investment in land in Lithuania. The unavailability of the innovative real estate funding me...
The article introduces a new methodology of digital shadow economy estimation, which is based on the principles of the MIMIC method. This new methodology complements traditional methodologies of shadow economy estimation with such a component as digital shadow economy. Our analysis of the most popular today methods of shadow economic estimation pro...
Research background: The increase in the demand for organic products prompts the establishment of green farms. In spite of the large global interest in green farming, scientific literature is not rich in the studies that cover the issues of green farming development. Although previous studies examine different aspects of green business, the factors...
The purpose of this article is to define the concept of digital shadow economy and identify its determinants and channels from consumers’ position. In order to fulfil the defined purpose, the method of snowball sampling was employed. The results of the research revealed that consumers interpret digital shadow economy as an illegal operation in the...
This article is aimed at evaluation of the impact of shadow economy determinants on the scope of shadow economy in Ukraine over 2005 – 2012. The empirical research has revealed that 99 percent of shadow economy in Ukraine is explained by such determinants as tax rate, overall employment rate, import of goods and services, GDP and participation of w...
The aim of this article is to assess the impact of macroeconomic factors on housing price level in Lithuania over the period 2008 – 2015. The results of the research revealed statistically significant interdependence between aggregation of the major macroeconomic factors and the average annual housing price level in Lithuania over the researched pe...
Considering the lack of the scientific studies on the selected topic, the authors of this article raise the aim to set up the definition of digital shadow economy and identify its distinctive features and channels. Thus far, the studies on illegal digital activities have covered ambiguous interpretations of digital shadow economy that incorporated...
The article covers an extremely topical but hardly researched problem of digital shadow economy estimation. Thus far, the phenomenon of digital shadow economy has not been universally defined either by scientists or by institutions responsible for the combat with shadow economy. Traditional shadow economy is commonly estimated applying direct and i...
This article is aimed at theoretical and empirical identification of economic and demographic characteristics of the subjects, operating in digital shadow economy. Although, in general sense, the characteristics of the subjects, operating in digital shadow economy, are not extremely different from the ones of the subjects, operating in traditional...
The article covers a new topic in the sphere of digital shadow economy – consumers’ attitudes towards this phenomenon. Increasing transfer of transactions to electronic space determines the growth of the number of illegal digital operators and promotes consumers’ involvement in digital shadow trade. Scientific literature does not contain any univer...
Increasing amounts of the EU structural support in Lithuania require theoretical and practical research to disclose the determinants that have a significant impact on the competitiveness of Lithuanian economics. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the impact of the EU structural support on the competitiveness of Lithuanian economics. The met...
This article is aimed at the ascertainment of whether the determinants of digital shadow economy are included in the methods of traditional shadow economy estimation. The results of the research have disclosed that the methods of shadow economy estimation consider general economic, monetary, money turnover, electricity and energy consumption, labou...
Rapid technologic advancement alongside with increasing individual needs determine popularity of information technologies. As a result, a number of newly-developed instruments that enable to make payments in the methods different from cash are introduced to consumers in the payment market. The aim of this article is to establish how widely cash is...
The topic of competitiveness is becoming increasingly significant in the context of modern economics. Considering intensive processes of globalisation alongside with competitive pressure amongst the countries, competitiveness has become a necessary condition for successful economic and social development of any country. Only by creating, enforcing...
Increasing volumes of e-trade contribute to motivation of consumers to obtain commodities and services in electronic space. At the same time, upsurge of e-trade determines rising scopes of shadow economy in respect of favourable conditions for traders and service providers to operate in e-space evading tax paying. The purpose of the article is to i...
Although during the past few years the scopes of shadow economy in Lithuania have slightly decreased, different forms of this phenomenon, in particular digital shadow activities, still generate a significant part of the overall value added. As no constant estimations of the scope of digital shadow economy have been made in Lithuania, alleviation of...
Constant changes in business environment determine the significance of receivables to business. The analysis of the current situation in Lithuania has revealed that a substantial part of business enterprises are facing the problem of overdue receivables. This issue emerged as extremely topical after the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008. A n...
Reality and Prospects of E-Business in Lithuania
Ligita Gaspareniene, Rita Remeikiene, Alius Sadeckas
Abstract
This article is aimed at the assessment of the current situation and prospects of e-business in Lithuania on the basis of legal and statistical data analysis. The results of the research have revealed that absence of any special law on e-...
Assessment of the Transparency of Information Submitted to Business Enterprises By Lithuanian Commercial Banks
Rita Remeikiene , Ligita Gaspareniene, Alius Sadeckas
Abstract
Due to extremely high degree of responsibilities, bank activities have to be by far the most transparent in comparison to other enterprises or finance institutions since any p...
The aim of the study is identification of internal and external factors that determine physical entities’ borrowing in Lithuanian finance market. The methods of the research include literature analysis, questionnaire survey, descriptive statistics and cross-variable analysis. The research has enabled to establish the links between the internal and...
One of the biggest problems of the last decade is hardly defined economic activities, objects and subjects in cyber space. Through cyberspaces, such as social networking platforms, e-commerce, e-business systems or cyber computer games, real money circulates but in most cases these transactions are not accounted and do not generate the taxes to the...
The analysis of the scientific literature has revealed that the problematics of the borrowing market in respect of issuance of the credits for physical entities still lack of the scientific attention. The research of this type was considered to be purposeful since crediting of physical entities generates a significant share of the revenue for credi...
The data of business and consumer surveys are often used for the prediction of the future changes of economics. But doubts that survey data are suitable for such prediction also exist. The objective of this research is to test how the survey data on new orders corresponds to the real data of industrial new orders. An incentive to make such the rese...