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Restructuring of Energy-intensive Industrial Branches in Romania and Proposals for Industrial Policy Measures

Christie, Edward; Hunya, Gabor; Urban, Waltraut - 2007

Part 1 of the report provides an overview of the position of energy-intensive industries in Romania as compared to other Central and East European economies. The industries identified as particularly 'energy-intensive' are the paper industry, the chemical, the non-metallic mineral products and...

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Energy Efficiency and EU Industrial Competitiveness: Energy Costs and their Impact on Manufacturing Activity

Astrov, Vasily; Hanzl-Weiss, Doris; Leitner, Sandra M.; … - 2015

Environmental objectives of the EU and the widened energy price gap between the EU and the United States have recently given rise to concerns about the competitiveness of European manufacturing industries, particularly their energy-intensive branches. The study demonstrates that industrial...

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A stronger CEE for a stronger Europe

Wieser, Thomas; Grieveson, Richard; Holzner, Mario - 2024

We discuss past performance and future challenges for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). We highlight the successful convergence process of those countries, not least thanks to their integration into European and global value chains. As the external environment changes, so...

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Fokus Finanzsektor - Österreichs Direktinvestitionen in Mittel- und Osteuropa

Stöllinger, Roman - 2010

Die mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder (MOEL) stellen wichtige Zielländer für die Direktinvestitions-Aktivitäten österreichischer Unternehmen und Banken dar. Seit 2001 entfielen stets über 50% der gesamten ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (FDI) auf diese Region, was sich erst 2009 durch...

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The global financial crisis and its impact on emerging market economies in Europe and the CIS: Evidence from mid-2010

Dabrowski, Marek - 2010

victims of the global financial crisis. Their future development depends, to a large extent, on global economic prospects … the crisis on various groups of countries and individual economies. On average, Central and Eastern Europe experienced a … regions in the crisis year of 2009. The post-crisis recovery has been rather modest and incomplete. It remains vulnerable to …

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Background report on private sector development in Latin America, the post-communist countries of Europe and Asia, the Middle East and North Africa

Woodward, Richard; Kozarzewski, Piotr; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012

After a long period in which state-led development was the dominant economic paradigm, since the 1980s private sector development has been the focus for economic policy makers. It is probably no coincidence that economic growth, stagnant for a few decades in much of the developing world, took...

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Forecasting financial stress and the economic sensitivity in CEE countries

Krzak, Maciej; Poniatowski, Grzegorz; Wąsik, Katarzyna - 2014

This paper presents forecasts for the Financial Stress Index (FSI) and the Economic Sensitivity Index (ESI) for the period 0 - 0 5 for six countries in the region, namely the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. It is a continuation of the endeavor to construct...

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Supervisory Systems, Fiscal Soundness and International Capital Movement: More Challenges for new EU Members

Grünbichler, Andreas; Darlap, Patrick; Salo, Sinikka; … - 2004

On May 1, 2004, ten countries in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe will become full members of the EU. The parliaments and monetary authorities of the ten accession countries have already to a large extent adapted their legal and institutional structures to the new Europe-wide environment....

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Arbeitskosten, Steuerbelastung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Österreich im Vergleich mit ausgewählten CEEs

Havlik, Peter; Leitner, Sebastian; Römisch, Roman - 2011

Die vorliegende Studie analysiert in einem internationalen Vergleich die wichtigsten Merkmale der Entlohnung und Besteuerung des Faktors Arbeit, die Produktivität und andere Faktoren der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sowie die Zusammensetzung des Steueraufkommens in Österreich (AT) und neun mittel-,...

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Measurement of Costs and Benefits of Accession to the European Union for Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe

Mortensen, Jorgen; Richter, Sandor - 2000

This paper is the final report of a research project whose aim was to analyse the methodology of calculating the costs and benefits for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia of the envisaged accession to the European Union. The research focused particularly on the impact of the...

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