wiiw Balkan Observatory

2002 06 wiiw bo wp 027 Paul Brenton and Miriam Manchin Making EU Trade Agreements Work: The Role of Rules of Origin (PDF) Abstract A key element of the EU’s free trade and preferential trade agreements is the extent to which they deliver improved market access and so contribute to the EUs foreign policy objectives […]

2004 05 wiiw bo wp 043 Mojmir Mrak, Peter Stanovnik and Franjo Štiblar Slovenia – Understanding Reforms (PDF)  

2004 12 wiiw bo wp 059 Edward Christie Trade Flows in Southeast Europe (PDF) Abstract This paper seeks to give an overview of the major issues connected to international trade for the countries of Southeast Europe. In its first part the paper revisits the issues of bilateral trade patterns and trade composition in Southeast Europe […]

2008 12 wiiw bo wp 075 Gorana Krstić and Peter Sanfey Earnings Inequality and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Serbia (PDF) Abstract We analyse the extent and evolution of informality and inequality in the Serbian labour market between 2002 and 2007, using data from the Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS). Two surprising results emerge. First, […]

2011 02 wiiw bo wp 091 Kosovka Ognjenović Wage Differences between the Private and the Public Sector in Serbia: Some Evidence from Survey Data (PDF) Abstract In this paper is estimated the wage gap between the public and the private sector in Serbia, for women and men separately. The results show that, with advance of […]

2001 12 wiiw bo wp 012 Boris Majcen and Jože P. Damijan Recovery and Growth in the Manufacturing Sectors of CEE Transition Economies: Short and Long-Term Efficiency Improving Factors (PDF) Abstract The first aim of the paper was to explain a cross-sector differences in evolution of gross product of Slovenian manufacturing sectors in the period […]

2002 06 wiiw bo wp 028 Boris Vujčić and Vedran Šošić SEE and the Trade Potential of Croatia (PDF)  

2004 05 wiiw bo wp 044 Julia Dhimitri Protective Structures in Albania (PDF)  

2004 12 wiiw bo wp 060 Mario Holzner, Edward Christie and Vladimir Gligorov Infrastructural Needs & Economic Development in Southeastern Europe: The Case of Rail and Road Transport Infrastructure (PDF) Abstract This paper seeks to analyse the state of rail and road transport infrastructure in the Southeast European Countries (SEECs). The paper is structured in […]