The paper analyses the economic policy-making in the first phase of the epidemic in five Central Europe countries, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia, whose economic structure is characterized by strong export orientation. We focus on the participatory character of the governments'...

Bei der vorliegenden Untersuchung hadelt es sich um eine zeitlich begrenzte Kurzrecherche, nicht um eine breit angelegte Studie. Zur Erforschung des aufgezeigten Gegenstandes wurden die Interviews in 12 Konzernen durchgeführt, die bereits in der Studie 'Lehrjahre des europäischen Betriebsrats'...

This paper aims to explore the factors influencing the ability of firms to compete in globalised markets. The Austrian and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling firms to compete more effectively - and expand their...

Based on the review of literature and our own conceptual considerations, we show that absorption problems regarding the EU Structural Funds may be important. The central topic of our paper is the question of how to measure the administrative capacities of particular Candidate Countries for...

This paper analyses the willingness to commute and migrate across borders. We focus on differences in the effects of individual characteristics on the willingness to migrate and the willingness to commute. Based on a random utility model we estimate a multinomial probit regression using...

In this paper I analyse the export behaviour of firms located in different Central European countries (Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia) with respect to migration. Ever since the seminal article by Gould (1994) on immigrant links to their home country and due to empirical research...

The recent process of political and economic transformation in eastern European countries has not only contributed to the decentralisation of political structure but also significantly enhanced the fiscal autonomy of municipalities belonging to these countries. Although the degree of...

The diversity of the labour market in the Visegrad Group countries is presented in the article from an institutional perspective. Institutions such as different tax and transfer policies, employment protection legislation, or active and passive labour market policies can affect not only the...