Serbia after Djindjic (by Vladimir Gligorov) Countries covered Serbia EU enlargement assessing the impact of transfers (by Sándor Richter) EU membership and income level convergence the experience of the Cohesion Countries (by Kazimierz Laski and Roman Römisch) Selected monthly data on the...

Graph of the month Regional gross value added in Turkey (p. 1) Opinion corner Turkey and the EU (by Serkan Çiçek, Vladimir Gligorov and Michael Landesmann; pp. 2-4) The Turkish economic conundrum (by Serkan Çiçek; pp. 5-8) Regional disparities in Turkey (by Roman Römisch; pp. 9-12) Turkey a...

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) expects GDP in Central, East and Southeast Europe (CESEE) to pick up speed and grow on average by 2-3% over the forecast period 2014-2016 a major driving force rooted in an upward reversal of public and private investment. The...

Draghi’s démarche and the nightmare of the Bundesbank (by Jan Toporowski; pp. 1-2) Keywords monetary policy, monetary union, euro, bonds’ buyout Countries covered EU Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Trade does not drive global growth (by Leon Podkaminer; pp. 3-8) Keywords global...

The automotive industry in the New Member States a brief review (by Doris Hanzl; pp. 1-5) Keywords automotive industry, foreign direct investment Countries covered New EU Member States Topics Sectoral studies; International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Migration plans and expected length of...

Patterns of new member states’ international trade in intermediate products (by Robert Stehrer; pp. 1-6) Keywords intermediate products, international trade Countries covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Productivity of imports in the transition...

Regional investment policy impacts on FDI location in Poland (by Gábor Hunya; pp. 1-6 ) Keywords FDI, investment policy, regional Countries covered Poland Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI; Regional Development Creating fiscal space in the European Monetary Union (by Jan...

The elasticity of the new EU Member States’ imports implications for external rebalancing in Europe (by Leon Podkaminer) State aid and export competitiveness in the EU – first results (by Roman Stöllinger and Mario Holzner) European financial policy, as if banking mattered (Further notes on...

With the world on the brink of yet another steep recession, and with ecological disaster looming, we can no longer afford the luxury of an economic policy which concentrates on the fight against inflation, leaves unemployment to emergency measures, distribution of wealth and income to the...