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 […]

2004 10 wiiw bo wp 056 Boyko Nikolov, Nikolay Markov, Nasko Dochev, Dimitar Dimitrov, Rumyana Kolarova and Rumen Dobrinsky Understanding Reform: A Country Study for Bulgaria (PDF)  

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 055 Mario Holzner GSIM Measurement of the Costs of Protection in Southeast Europe (PDF) Abstract In this paper, the global simulation model (GSIM) by Francois and Hall (2003) for the analysis of global, regional and unilateral trade policy changes was applied to the countries of Southeast Europe in order to […]

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 054 Mariella Nenova Protective Structures in Bulgaria (PDF)  

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 053 Vanco Uzunov Protective Structures in Macedonia (PDF)  

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 052 Liviu Voinea Protective Structures in Romania (PDF)  

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 051 Boris Majcen Protective Structures in Slovenia (PDF)  

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 050 Max Gillman and Dario Cziráky Inflation and Endogenous Growth in Underground Economies (PDF) Abstract The paper examines the effect of inflation on the growth rate in economies with underground, or ”non-market”, sectors. The model incorporates a non-market good into an endogenous growth cash-inadvance economy with human capital. Taxes on […]

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 049 Maja Micevska Unemployment and Labour Market Rigidities in Southeast Europe (PDF) Abstract This paper presents new data that describe employment protection legislation (EPL) and other labor market institutions and policies preva iling in seven Southeast European (SEE) countries in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. The main contribution […]

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 048 Vedran Šošić Regulation and Flexibility of the Croatian Labour Market (PDF) Abstract The Croatian Labor Code was significantly reformed in 2003 as a result of extensive negotiations lasting about two years. Proponents of the reform emphasized the supposed rigidity of the labor market, resulting from restrictive employment protection legislation, […]