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Sponsored by: Baltic Journal of Economics The Bank of Latvia Baltic Journal of Economics Volume 6 Number 2 Winter/Spring 2007 Articles TheBankofEstonia Interdependence of Nordic and Baltic Stock Markets Ulf Nielsson Volume 6 Number 2 Winter/Spring 2007 Euro Introduction Effects on Individuals’ Economic Decisions: Testing the Presence of Difference Assessment Account among Lithuanian and Latvian Consumers Lineta Ramoniene and Dovydas Brazys An Economic Analysis of the Influence of Different Vilnius University Attitudes Toward Game Animals: Emphasizing the Significance of Large Carnivores Yukichika Kawata Book Reviews Constantine A. Stephanou (ed.) Adjusting to EU Enlargement. Recurring Issues in a New Setting by Mark Chandler Published by EuroBaltic Centries of Excellence www.eurobaltic.lv/bje.html The Baltic Journal of Economics Information for Contributors to the Baltic Journal of Economics Articles submitted to the BJE must be typed in double spacing throughout. 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Chicago: University of Chicago The Baltic Journal of Economics is published by EuroBaltic Centres of Excellence and ref- Press. ereed by internationally recognized scientific standards. The journal is intended to provide a publication medium for original research in economics for scholars working in the Baltic states ARTICLES IN BOOKS: or those who are working on topics relevant to the Baltic states. Papers may be theoretical, Vinokur, Aaron and Ofer, Gur (1987). “Inequality of Earnings, Household Income, and Wealth empirical or political economy in emphasis. Papers with policy relevance or which combine in the Soviet Union in the 1970s”, in James Millar (ed.), Politics, Work, and Daily Life in the economic theory with empirical findings are particularly welcome. The Journal aims to stim- USSR: A Survey of Former Soviet Citizens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. ulate a dialogue between scientists in social science, policy makers as well as other decision 13–38. makers involved with economic development in the Baltic States. In order to make the journal relevant to a wide audience of academics trained in social science the articles should be pre- UNPUBLISHED WORKS: sented in a form where explanations and the intuition behind the conclusions should be given Peters, Davis (2001). “Wage Differentials in Riga”, Unpublished Manuscript, University of priority above technical derivations. Latvia. On a separate cover sheet, authors should provide a biography of 50-100 words, with a full The Baltic Journal of Economics is abstracted and/or indexed in EconLit, Journal of Economic mailing address and an electronic mail address as well as telephone and fax numbers. Literature electronic edition/CD-ROM, EBSCO, and GESIS. Articles not conforming to this style will be returned to the authors for revision. 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Daunis Auers University of Latvia Andreas Cornett University of Southern Denmark, Sonderborg Ģirts Dimdiņš SSE Riga/University of Latvia Vyacheslav Dombrovsky BICEPS/SSE Riga Morten Hansen BICEPS/CETS/SSE Riga Jörgen Hansson SSE Riga Katerina Hellström Stockholm School of Economics Peter Högfeldt Stockholm School of Economics Andrejs Jakobsons BICEPS/Riga Business School Jan Guldager Jørgensen University of Southern Denmark, Odense Rasmus Kattai Bank of Estonia Roberts Ķīlis SSE Riga Gustav Kristensen University of Southern Denmark, Odense Charles Kroncke College of Mount Saint Joseph Virmantas Kvedaras Vilnius University Jens Larsen Danish Embassy, Brussels Jørgen Lauridsen University of Southern Denmark, Odense John Lewis De Nederlandsche Bank Anders Ljung Cepro Management Consultants Erik Strøjer Madsen Aarhus School of Business Jaan Masso University of Tartu Soren Bo Nielsen Copenhagen Business School Finn Olesen University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg Olga Rastragina BICEPS/University of Latvia Rūta Rodzko Bank of Lithuania Priit Sander University of Tartu Phillip Schröder Aarhus School of Business Morten Skak University of Southern Denmark, Odense Jeff Sommers SSE Riga Niels Karl Sørensen University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg Karsten Staehr Bank of Estonia Ott Toomet University of Tartu Lenno Uusküla European University Institute Igor Vetlov Bank of Lithuania Lisa Wilder Albright College Ekaterina Zhuravskaya New Economic School/CEFIR 1 Contents 3 Foreword Mark Chandler 5 Summary of Quantitative Results from the Survey of Subscribers to the BJE 7 Baltic Journal of Economics Board of Reviewers 2005–2006 Articles 9 Interdependence of Nordic and Baltic Stock Markets Ulf Nielsson 29 Euro Introduction Effects on Individuals’ Economic Decisions: Testing the Presence of Difference Assessment Account among Lithuanian and Latvian Consumers Lineta Ramoniene and Dovydas Brazys 57 An Economic Analysis of the Influence of Different Attitudes Toward Game Animals: Emphasizing the Significance of Large Carnivores Yukichika Kawata Book Reviews 79 Adjusting to EU Enlargement. Recurring Issues in a New Setting, Constantine A. Stephanou ed. Mark Chandler Foreword The Baltic Journal of Economics has been through a substantial number of improvements over the last six months, hence I will try to summarise them here. Firstly, I want to thank those of you who participated in the survey of our readership that I distributed over the summer. The answers you provided formed the basis of several positive changes in the way we manage the BJE. I should also thank Una Chandler, whose research for an MBA thesis on the development of the BJE propelled many of the changes that we are benefiting from today. So what have been these improvements? They include the following: • Indexing in EconLit, the Journal of Economic Literature on CD-ROM and e-JEL. • Indexing in EBSCO and inclusion of articles there in full text. • Upgrade of the layout quality and consistency. • Commencement of retail at the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Latvia book shop. Now that the BJE is listed by officially recognised institutions publications in the BJE will carry greater weight, both for academic recognition/promotion and in terms of the expanded audience they will reach. It is immensely pleasing that economists throughout the world, when they search topics on EconLit, will find abstracts of articles in the BJE and, if they have access to EBSCO, will immediately find the full text of the article. We will also continue to make the BJE available on our web site. I am sure you will agree that these sum up to substantial improvements in the BJE’s operations. However, I would also like to invite you to send me any additional suggestions for improvement either to my personal email or to the BJE email given on the inside cover. I will include two appendices to this foreword. The first is a summary of some of the quantitative responses we received from the survey of subscribers. Is should be emphasised, however, that survey responses also included many helpful qualitative suggestions. The second is a list of our long suffering reviewers, who generously give of their time and effort. We thank them for