Part I: Economic Crisis in Europe -- A Reputation Risk Perspective on the European Economic Crisis / Nikitas-Spiros Koutsoukis and Spyridon Roukanas -- The Financial Crisis in Greece and Its Impacts on Western Balkan Countries / Murat Sadiku, Luljeta Sadiku and Nimete Berisha -- A Comparison of Policy Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in the Balkans: Acceding Versus EU Candidate Countries / Bisera Gjosevska and Goran Karanovic -- The Repercussions of the Financial Crisis (2008) on the Foreign Trade Between Greece and the Balkan Countries (BCs) / George Magoulios and Vasilis Chouliaras -- Global Imbalances, Financial Sphere and the World Economic Crisis / Georgios Makris and Thomas Siskou -- The Role of the Rating Companies in the Recent Financial Crisis in the Balkan and Black Sea Area / Eleftherios Thalassinos, Konstantinos Liapis and John Thalassinos -- Part II: European Policies and Integration -- The Tax Regimes of the EU Countries: Trends, Similarities and Differences / Konstantinos Liapis, Antonios Rovolis and Christos Galanos -- Economic Policies of FYROM Towards the EU--Are They Efficient? / Abdylmenaf Bexheti and Luan Eshtrefi -- Integration, Institutions and Export Specialization / Karen Crabbé and Michel Beine -- Part III: European and Regional Development in South-Eastern Europe -- Regional Integration in Western Balkans: A Case for Cross-Border Business Cooperation? / Pantelis Sklias and Maria Tsampra -- A Statistical-Based Approach to Assessing Comparatively the Performance of Non-Banking Financial Institutions in Romania / Adrian Costea -- Market and Economic Development in Bulgaria / Eleni Zafeiriou, Christos Karelakis, Chrisovalantis Malesios and Theodoros Koutroumanidis -- The Role of Agriculture in Economic Growth in Greece / Dimitrios Kyrkilis, Simeon Semasis and Constantinos Styliaras.