2006 07 wiiw bo wp 067 Liviu Voinea and Flaviu Mihaescu The Determinants of Foreign Banking Activity in South East Europe: Do FDI, Bilateral Trade and EU Policies Matter? (PDF) Abstract This research paper attempts to find explanatory variables for foreign banks activity in SEE and CEE, mainly among three categories of factors: FDI, bilateral […]

2006 07 wiiw bo wp 066 Mariana Kotzeva and Bianka Pauna Labour Market Dynamics and Characteristics in Bulgaria and Romania: Challenges for a Successful Integration in the European Union (PDF)  

2006 07 wiiw bo wp 065 Vesselin Mintchev and Venelin Boshnakov Return Migration’s Profile and Experience: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria (PDF)  

2006 07 wiiw bo wp 064 Daniel Pop The Developmental Effectiveness of Remittances: Case Study on Huedin Town, Romania (PDF) Abstract Relying on survey data from Huedin, a town in Romania, we seek to provide an empirical evidence for the hypothesis according to which remittances could have either a positive or negative developmental impact at […]

2006 07 wiiw bo wp 063 Milena Jovičić and Radmila Dragutinović Mitrović Macroeconomic Analysis of Causes and Effects of Remittances: A Panel Model of the SEE Countries and a Case Study of Serbia (PDF)  

2006 01 wiiw bo wp 062 Vladimir Gligorov Aiding Balkans (PDF) Abstract Conceptual and theoretical issues of foreign aid in post-conflict, transition region are discussed. Two examples are presented in an informal manner. The first is about the incoherence of aid for reconstruction and policies of transition. The second is about the role of expected […]

2004 12 wiiw bo wp 061 Mario Holzner and Vladimir Gligorov Illegal Trade in South East Europe (PDF) Abstract Based on the theoretical foundations as described in Bhagwati (1974), illegal trade can be defined to consist of faked invoicing on the one hand and smuggling on the other hand. While in the first case at […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]