WIIW The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies - Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche

EU enlargement is back on the agenda. This time, however, amid growing geopolitical pressures, the EU is exploring ways to speed up the process. But what is realistically achievable? A high-ranking panel with oiip addressed this question read more

Negative interest rates can help when there are demand shocks, but they are ineffective during supply shocks. To mitigate the risks associated with future supply stocks, there needs to be technological and trade diversification as well as the creation of resource buffers read more

Vertiefte Zollunion zwischen EU und Türkei als Win-win-Situation; große Chancen für Österreich, vor allem bei Maschinen und Fahrzeugen; Verhandlungen als Hebel gegenüber Ankara read more

For rapid EU enlargement to succeed, clear priorities for economic reform are needed to address the biggest problems facing the candidate countries. The case studies of Ukraine, Serbia and Montenegro illustrate this point. read more

The wiiw Health Economics and Policy Analysis team met for a dialogue with experts – including representatives from Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank and the OECD – on the latest research findings and policy measures on tobacco taxation in Eastern Europe read more

Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia currently outperform the region of Central, East and Southeast Europe economically. Germany’s shift towards increased public spending could provide a boost to their growth read more