Export quality indicators for the transition countries (by Robert Stehrer, pp. 1-3) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, China Topics International Trade and Competitiveness On the profitability of Austrian...

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde die Einkommensverteilung für die Periode 1959-2008 für Österreich analysiert. Dabei konnten aufgrund der mangelhaften Datenlage ausschließlich die Lohn- und Einkommensteuerstatistik untersucht werden. Die Entwicklung der personenbezogenen Kapitaleinkommen...

Since 1989 Austria's investment activities in Central and Eastern Europe has intensified. Investments are concentrated in adjacent countries. Geographical proximity and close historical and cultural ties have enabled even small and medium-sized Austrian enterprises to achieve a 'first mover...

Since 1989 Austria's economic activities in Central and Eastern Europe has intensified quite rapidly. Austria has not only achieved a high surplus in its balance of trade throughout the period 1990-96, it has also improved its foreign direct investment activities in these countries. The regional...

One of the specific characteristics of Austrian Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) abroad is that a large part is carried out by firms, which themselves are affiliates of foreign Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). Such investment is termed indirect FDI in order to distinguish it from direct FDI,...

In this paper we revise the empirical tests of the Ricardian model by testing properly the Ricardian hypotheses on bilateral trade flows. Our tests are based on NACE 2-digit industry aggregation of productivity and of bilateral trade flows between 21 EU member states for the period 1994-2004. We...

Primarily using data from the 2010 European Social Survey, we analyze intergenerational educational persistence in 20 European countries, studying cross-country and cross-cluster differences in intergenerational mobility; the role of gender in determining educational persistence across...

Die internationale Literatur zur langfristigen Einkommensverteilung zeigt ein nicht einheitliches Bild. Insbesondere in den angelsächsischen Ländern ist im hundertjährigen Vergleich die Einkommenskonzentration seit Ende der 1980er-Jahre deutlich gestiegen. Im Jahr 2007, unmittelbar vor...