About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The aim of the publication is to analyse and assess the current economic developments in Estonia, in the European Union and the rest of the world to draw conclusions from them from the aspects of economic policy and also concerning the main elements of the political order, if appropriate.
The publication covers topics on certain areas of economic policy, such as: entrepreneurship and corporate strategy, environmental policy, fiscal and monetary policy, labour and income, regional and local government policy, sectoral economic policy, social policy, Industry 4.0, green cities etc.

Peer Review Process

Each paper is reviewed by 2–3 peer reviewers with doctoral degrees from Estonian universities and 1–2 reviewers from universities of foreign countries, the articles of the publications have been anonymously peer-reviewed by independent reviewers holding a doctor's degree.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Open Access statement

The journal adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read of 'open access' - users have the right to „read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose“.

The publication ethics

The publication Discussions on Estonian Economic Policy is in compliance with the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors http://publicationethics.org/files/Code%20of%20conduct%20for%20journal%20editors3.pdf

Screening for plagiarism

High-level screening for plagiarism is performed in Estonian universities, and as peer reviewers are members of the academic staff of universities, they are expected to perform and do perform screening for plagiarism

Journal archiving

The publication is archived in the digital archive DIGAR of the National Library of Estonia.

Contributors

Journal History

Teaduspublikatsioon "Eesti majanduspoliitilised väitlused" ilmub nüüd juba
19. aastakäiku. Täispikkuses artiklid on CD-ROMil, paberkandjal on
esitatud aga artiklite teisekeelsed kokkuvõtted ja kroonika.
Kvaliteedi tagamiseks on artikleid eelnevalt anonüümselt Eesti ja
välisriikide majandusteadlaste poolt retsenseeritud.
Alates 2001. aastast ilmub käesolev publikatsioon saksa kirjastuse
Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag ja eesti kirjastuse Mattimar OÜ koostööna.
Kirjutiste-artiklite eesmärk on analüüsida majandusarenguid Euroopa
Liidus, teha sellest majanduspoliitilisi ja vajadusel ka poliitilise korra
põhielemente puudutavaid järeldusi.

This research publication Discussions on Estonian Economic Policy is
already the 19th annual collection. The full versions of the papers have
been published on CDROM, and the collection on paper contains the
abstracts of the papers in other languages and the chronicles.
To ensure the quality, the papers have first been
anonymously peer-reviewed by Estonian and foreign economists. Since 2001
this collection has been published in mutual cooperation by the publishing
house Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag and the Estonian publisher Mattimar
OÜ. The aim of the papers is to analyse and assess the current economic
developments in the European Union and to draw conclusions from them from
the aspects of economic policy and also concerning the main elements of
the political order, if appropriate.