Global Economy Lecture: Silvana Tenreyro on potential responses to economic shocks and the role of negative interest rates - 02 Dec 2025
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 buffersread more
Freihandel mit der Türkei brächte Vorteile für Österreich und die EU - 26 Nov 2025
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
Early EU accession: The economic reforms that Ukraine and the other candidate countries would need to implement - 17 Nov 2025
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.
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Network for tobacco taxation in Eastern Europe meets in Vienna for high-level exchange - 13 Nov 2025
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 Europeread more
The Western Balkans’ Paradoxical Resilience - 23 Oct 2025
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 growthread more
Autumn Forecast: Eastern Europe with robust, but slower growth - 22 Oct 2025
The economic model of CEE is changing, while rising defence spending will stimulate growth in the region. Ukraine's economy is stuck in war, whereas Russia is headed for stagnationread more
In cooperation with CEU, FIW, Universität Wien, WIFO, WIIW and WU.
Arnaud Costinot (Professor of Economics and Associate Head at Massachusetts Institute of Technology at MIT) presents his research (jointly with Rodrigo Adão, John Sturm Becko, and Dave Donaldson) in the Vienna International Economics Seminar (VIES) series
A World Trading System for Whom? Evidence from Global Tariffs
