This work contains three papers employing common factor methodologies to economic forecasting for Estonia. The methods …

The Slovak economy experienced a strong but short recession in 2009. The recovery afterwards was driven by exports and … are less positive. This development is compared with Estonia and Slovenia, two other small and very open economies …

In this study, we analyse Estonia’s position in global value chains using World Input-Output Data and firm-level data …. We find that 69% of Estonia’s total exports are intermediate goods and services, exceeding the EU average (65%). Two …-thirds of Estonian imports are intermediates. Our findings suggest that Estonia is heavily involved in vertically and …