wiiw Balkan Observatory

  2015 10 wiiw bo wp 115 Sandra M. Leitner Firm growth and financing constraints in the NMS-10 and the Western Balkan countries – a comparative analysis (PDF)   Abstract The paper focuses on Emerging Europe and sheds light on the effects of different types of financing constraints on firm growth – both in terms […]

  2015 09 wiiw bo wp 114 Predrag Četković The Role of Banks in Economic Development in the Former SFR Yugoslavia (PDF)   Abstract The economic model of the former SFR Yugoslavia was subject to frequent institutional changes which were oriented towards the real economy as well as the banking sector. The country experimented with […]

  2015 02 wiiw bo wp 113 Blerjana Bino, Ketrina Çabiri, Erjon Curraj, Alban Hashani and Ilire Mehmeti Knowledge-Based Regional Development in Albania and Kosovo – Reducing social and economic disparities through social and economic innovation (PDF)   Countries covered: Albania, Kosovo

  2013 06 wiiw bo wp 111 Sebastian Leitner Analysis of Short and Medium Term Crisis Effects on Welfare and Poverty in SEE:Stress Testing Bulgarian and Romanian Households (PDF) Abstract In the analysis short- and medium term effects of the crisis on household income levels by deciles and on overall inequality and poverty measures are […]

  2014 06 wiiw bo wp 112 Mario Holzner The Effects of Highway Construction in the Balkans: Insights from the Via Militaris (PDF)   Abstract The economic effects of the construction of modern road transport infrastructure in the Balkans, one of  Europe’s economically most backward regions, is being analysed in an instrumental variables setting. In  […]

2013 05 wiiw bo wp 110 Mario Holzner Inequality and the Crisis: A Causal Inference Analysis (PDF) Abstract A new database for the calculation of quarterly income inequality measures was established for 11 economies from Central, East and Southeast Europe for the period of 1st quarter 2000 to 4th quarter 2011. Based on the large […]

2013 02 wiiw bo wp 109 Edlira Narazani A Micro Level Perspective of Euroization in Albania (PDF) Abstract This research investigates what drives the euroization in Albania. By using survey data collected in one of the main Albanian cities, we find that factors like remittances, financial literacy, perception of high inflation and trust in financial […]

2013 02 wiiw bo wp 108 Naida Trkić-Izmirlija and Adnan Efendić Effects of the global economic crisis and public spending on income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina (PDF) Abstract This research focuses on the relationship between public spending and income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In our empirical strategy we rely on a unique […]

2013 01 wiiw bo wp 107 Laetitia Duval and François-Charles Wolff The consumption-enhancing effect of remittances: Evidence from Kosovo (PDF) Abstract In this paper, we study the effect of remittances on the living standard of families living in Kosovo using detailed data conducted in 2010 on a sample of 4,000 households. Specifically, we focus on […]