wiiw Balkan Observatory

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 […]

2001 12 wiiw bo wp 011 Edward Christie Potential Trade in Southeast Europe: A Gravity Model Approach (PDF)  

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 […]