wiiw Balkan Observatory

2004 10 wiiw bo wp 057 Philippe Kohler The Welfare Cost of Tariff Protection in the Balkan Countries (PDF) Abstract For eight Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, and Slovenia) the welfare cost of tariff protection on imports of goods based on recent years tariff data (2001 to […]

2006 09 wiiw bo wp 073 Goran Nedic Financial and Technical Assistance in the Reconstruction and Development of Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina (PDF) Abstract Ineffective aid management and coordination as well as old fashion model of aid sequencing were few of the major culprits why Bosnia and Herzegovina is still not on self sustainable path. […]

2011 01 wiiw bo wp 089 Vesselin Mintchev, Venelin Boshnakov and Alexander Naydenov Sources of Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria (PDF) Abstract The paper contributes to the empirical research on the micro-determinants of income inequality in Southeast European transition countries. The analysis utilizes data from a representative survey of 3,300 Bulgarian households conducted in […]

2001 12 wiiw bo wp 010 Milena Jovičić, Miroslav Zdravković and Radmila Dragutinović Mitrović Federal Republic Yugoslavia: Trade Potentials and Comparative Advantages (PDF)  

2002 03 wiiw bo wp 026 Liviu Voinea SEE the Difference: Romanian Regional Trade and Investment (PDF)  

2004 05 wiiw bo wp 042 Mihail Petkovski and Gligor Bishev Understanding Reforms in Macedonia (PDF)  

2004 12 wiiw bo wp 058 Vladimir Gligorov Southeast Europe: Regional Cooperation with Multiple Equilibria (PDF) Abstract It is argued in this paper that the lack of regional cooperation can be remedied by the speed up of the process of EU integration. That is reinforced by the considerations based on the theory of optimal currency […]

2008 02 wiiw bo wp 074 Sebastian Leitner and Mario Holzner Economic Inequality in Central, East and Southeast Europe (PDF) Abstract The article analyses the issue of economic inequality in the transition economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe. It consists of a literature review and a descriptive analysis as well as an econometric modelling […]

2011 01 wiiw bo wp 090 Tamara Podvysotskaya, Elena Osinkina, Larysa Krasnikova and Yuriy Podvysotskiy Does health Matter for Inequality in Transition Countries: The Case of Ukraine (PDF) Abstract Significant deterioration in health and income inequality in Ukraine as well as in other CIS countries during the early transition motivated us to investigate the relationship […]