Resident Fellow Zsolt Darvas takes a look at the issue of the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and the …

with the other European Union country that was hit be the most severe fiscal crisis, namely Latvia. The conclusion is that … contrasting experiences of Latvia and Greece. The conclusion is that a fiscal adjustment should be sufficient to resolve the …

, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Russia. We investigate foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from 1995 to 2010 to …

Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. A challenge to the enlarged Union's (EU …

, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany). By locating the national energy policies in a historical context …

way forward. Some implications are drawn out for Latvia's euro accession, which is likely to be beneficial on balance. The … will soon join the euro should actively shape the debate about the further development of the overall set-up. For Latvia …, joining the euro makes sense because Latvia has kept its exchange rate fixed and has undergone internal adjustment. In its …

Iceland, Ireland and Latvia experienced similar developments before the crisis. However, the crisis hit Latvia harder … Iceland but not in Latvia, letting banks fail in Iceland but not in Ireland, and the introduction of strict capital controls … only in Iceland. The speed of fiscal consolidation was fastest in Latvia and slowest in Ireland. Recovery has started in …