See also
Seminars / Lectures
 
     
 

Conference
wiiw, 15 to 16 July 2010
Comparatie Analysis of Production Networks in Asia and Europe
Conference jointly organized by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), wiiw, the Research Centre of International Economics (FIW) and the Federal Ministry of Economic, Family and Youth.
The purpose of this conference is to study the role of production networks for patterns of regional integration in Europe and in Asia and to identify similarities and differences of production networks in the two regions. Recent research - comprehensive regional studies as well as industry studies - is presented by both Asian and European experts in the field.
Programme: PDF
Registration form: PDF (please register by 9 July 2010)
 
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 8 July 2010, 10 a.m.
Current economic situation and medium-term forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe, and China
Presentation of wiiw's July Forecast for the region, including a contribution on the longer-term growth prospects of CEE countries.
Invitation (German): PDF
Press release (English): PDF
Press release (German): PDF
Presentation (German): PDF
Presentation special topic (English): PDF
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 7 July 2010, 10 a.m.
China: Economy fast on track, but risks lurking ahead
Presentation of wiiw's latest analysis of economic developments in China.
Press release (German): PDF
Presentation (English): PDF
Presentation (German): PDF
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 21 June 2010, 5 p.m.
Julius Horvath, Central European University
  Slovakia after the June 2010 Elections: Economic and Political Choices
 
wiiw Press Release
wiiw, 10 June 2010
Slovakia: Mounting Tensions ahead of the Elections
  Press release (PDF): English - German
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 8 June 2010, 10 a.m.
FDI in the CEECs hit hard by the global crisis
wiiw presents its new analysis of FDI developments in 20 Central, East and Southeast European countries, based on the latest update of the wiiw FDI Database.

Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation (PDF): German
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 26 May 2010, 5 p.m.
Lance Taylor, New School for Social Research, New York
  Maynard's Revenge: The Collapse of Free Market Macroeconomics
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 17 May 2010, 5 p.m.
Joseph Francois, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and Julia Wörz, OeNB
  Trade Winds and Doldrums: Navigating the Great Recession and its Impact on Trade
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 10 May 2010, 5 p.m.
Ashgar Zaidi, Director Research, European Centre Vienna
Economic Crisis and its Impact on Pension Schemes and Benefits
 
wiiw Workshop
wiiw, 3 May 2010
European Energy Security
Workshop organized by wiiw, discussing the main results of a project financed by the Jubilee Fund of Oesterreichische Nationalbank
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 12 April 2010, 5 p.m.
Christian Ghymers, DG ECFIN, European Commissio and JVI
The World Crisis and the International Monetary System: Revisiting the Triffin’s Dilemma
 
wiiw Spring Seminar
Vienna, 19 March 2010
'A New Growth Model After the Crisis?'
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 5 March 2010, 10 a.m.
China: On the cusp of double-digit growth
Presentation of wiiw's latest analysis of economic developments in China.
Press release (German): PDF
Presentation (German): PDF
Presentation (English): PDF
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 4 March 2010, 10 a.m.
Current economic situation and medium-term forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe, and China
Presentation of wiiw's February Forecast for the region, including a contribution on a new growth model after the crisis.
Press release (English): PDF
Press release (German): PDF
Presentation (German): PDF
 
Lecture and book presentation
Vienna, 9 February 2010, 7 p.m.
Jeremy Rifkin, Presiednt of the Foundation on Economic Trends
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
  organized by wiiw in cooperation with Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, the Embassy of the United States of America and Campus Verlag
Venue: Bruno Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, Armbrustergasse 15, 1190 Vienna
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 8 February 2010,. 5:15 p.m.
Ales Bulir, IMF
Monetary Policy Rules with Financial Instability
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 27 January 2010, 4 p.m.
Jeromin Zettelmeyer, EBRD
Development Through Financial Integration? Lessons from Emerging Europe
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 25 January 2010, 11 a.m.
Allan Brunner, IMF, European Department
Labour Outflows and Economic Convergence in the New Member States: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
 
FIW Press conference 'Austria's external economic relations 2009' and FIW Workshop on 'New Protectionism'
Vienna, 21 January 2010
Press conference held by FIW - Research Centre International Economics
  Presentation of the yearbook 'Österreichs Außenwirtschaft 2009' (Austria's external economic relations 2009)
Venue: Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna
21 January 2010, 12 p.m.
Press release (German): PDF
FIW Workshop on 'New Protectionism - A threat to world trade?'
  Venue: Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth, Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna
21 January 2010, 8:45 p.m.
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 14 December 2009, 5 p.m.
George Kopits, Chairman of the Hungarian Fiscal Council
Hungary’s Macroeconomic Policies in the Shadow of the Global Crisis
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 23 November 2009, 5 p.m.
Ruslan Piontkivsky, World Bank, regional office Kiev, Ukraine
Response to the Economic Crisis in Ukraine and the Medium-term Outlook
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 18 November 2009, 1 p.m.
Valentin Lazea, Chief Economist, National Bank of Romania
Politics versus Economics: the Case of Romania
 
wiiw Seminar
wiiw, 9 November 2009, 1 p.m.
Markus Eller, OeNB
What do Russians Think about Transition?
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 6 November 2009, 10 a.m.
Presentation of wiiw's latest growth forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe for the period 2009 to 2011
  PPT Presentation (German): PDF
Presentation of the new wiiw Handbook of Statistics 2009
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
22 October 2009, 5 p.m.
Peter Isard, former Deputy Director, IMF Institute
How the Global Economy Became a House of Cards, and What Lies Ahead
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 8 July 2009, 10 a.m.
Chinese economy showing signs of bottoming out
Presentation of wiiw's latest analysis of economic developments in China.
Press release (German): PDF
Presentation (German): PDF
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 7 July 2009, 10 a.m.
Current economic situation and medium-term forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe, and China
Presentation of wiiw's new July Forecast for the region.
Invitation (German): PDF
Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation (German): PDF
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 9 June 2009, 10 a.m.
FDI in the CEECs under the Impact of the Global Crisis: Sharp Declines

wiiw presents its new analysis of FDI developments in 20 Central, East and Southeast European countries, based on the latest update of the wiiw FDI Database.

Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation (PDF): German

 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 8 June 2009, 5 p.m.
Amit Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Indian Council of Social Development
The Interlocked Nature of the Crisis between the Financial and the Real Sector
 
WIFO Press Release
Vienna, 4 June 2009
MOEL im Sog der Krise (CEECs Falling Prey to the International Crisis)
Article by V. Astrov and J. Pöschl, wiiw, published in WIFO-Monatsberichte 5/2009 and reprinted in wiiw Research Papers in German language, May 2009.
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 25 May 2009, 5 p.m.
Vladimir Gligorov, wiiw
Changing IMF: Models and Programmes
 
new wiiw Seminar Series, 'Crisis Management in Central, East and Southeast Europe: What is to be done?'
wiiw, 15 May 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC
The Perplexing Aspects of a Truly Global Financial Crisis
Introductory talk to the new wiiw Seminar Series addressing the impact of the current global financial and economic crisis on the CEE, SEE and CIS countries and discussing possible policy responses
 
wiiw Global Economy Lecture
Vienna, 7 May 2009, 4 p.m.
Tony Atkinson, Nuffield College, Oxford
The Global Distribution of Income: Past Trends and Future Prospects
Lecture jointly organized by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and wiiw
 
Labour Mobility Study
Vienna, 29 April 2009, 3 p.m.
The enlarged EU benefits from labour migration
An international research project on recent and future migration flows from the new EU member states to the EU-15 carried out on behalf of the Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Directorate General of the European Commission

Press release (English): PDF  
 
wiiw Spring Seminar 2009
Vienna, 27 March 2009, 9 a.m.
Fragile Europe: the Path in and out of the Crisis - What Is to be Done?
For wiiw members only.
Venue: Raiffeisen Zentralbank, Raiffeisensaal, Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna
 
wiiw Public Panel Discussion
Vienna, 26 March 2009, 7 p.m.
The Financial Crisis in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: What Is to be Done?
Panelists: Kurt Bayer, Jan Mládek, Gábor Obláth, Pavle Petrovic, Michael Landesmann
Venue: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank, Reiter Saal, Strauchgasse 3, 1010 Vienna
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 5 March 2009, 9:30 a.m.
 
Current economic situation and medium-term forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe, and China
Presentation of wiiw's new February Forecast for the region.
Invitation (German): PDF
Press relase (PDF): English - German
PPT Presentation (German): PDF
What is to be done? A policy note (PDF)
 
wiiw is moving its office
Vienna, February 2009
Please note that wiiw is moving to new premises.
Our new address, as of 16 February 2009, is
Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna
(Map).
Phone and fax numbers as well as e-mail address remain the same.
 
Conference
Vienna, 27 January 2009
Final conference of the Future Food6 project
Conference joinlty organized by UNIDO and wiiw, presenting the major results of the FutureFood6 project ('Healthy and Safe Food for the Future – A Technology Foresight project in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia', February 2007 to January 2009).
Details (in German)
Press release (in German)
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a Wider Europe'
wiiw, 22 January 2009, 4 p.m.
Vladimír Dlouhý, Goldman Sachs
The Czech Republic and the Euro: Faster or Slower?
 
Presentation of the new EBRD Transition Report
wiiw, 15 January 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Simon Commander, EBRD
Transition Report 2008: 'Growth in Transision'
 
Press Release
FIW, 14 January 2009
Launch of "Österreichs Außenwirtschaft 2008"
  Press release (PDF): German
This annual publication is a compact and informative compilation of major developments in Austria’s and global external trade relations. "Österreichs Außenwirtschaft 2008" - Download
"Summary: Austria's External Economic Relations 2008" - Download

wiiw Study for the European Commission
Brussels, November 2008
Adjustment capacity of labour markets of the Western Balkan countries
Final report of a wiiw study commissioned by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, published in European Economy. Economic Papers 346, November 2008.
 
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 27 November, 9:30 a.m.
Presentation of wiiw's latest growth forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe for the period 2008 to 2010 - in the light of current gloal economic developments and the impact of the financial crisis on the region
  Press release (PDF): German - English
Presentation (PDF): German
 
wiiw-FIW Seminar
wiiw, 21 November 2008, 11 a.m.
 
Yuko Kinoshita, International Monetary Fund
FDI and Financial Liberalization in Transition Economies and Latin America
 
Lecture
Vienna, 27 October 2008, 7 p.m.
Barbara Bergmann, University of Maryland and American University
Global Warming and the Limits to Growth
Lecture organized by Renner Institute in cooperation with wiiw.
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a Wider Europe'
wiiw, 30 September 2008, 4 p.m.
D. Mihaljek, BIS
Financial Stability Implications of Financial Flows to Emerging Markets: Focus on Emerging Europe
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a Wider Europe'
wiiw, 29 September 2008, 4 p.m.
A. Wörgötter, OECD
Economic Assessment of Turkey 2008
 
Press Release
wiiw, 5 September 2008
Internationalisierung schuf Beschäftigung
  Press release (PDF): German
The study was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Minsitry of Economics and Labour, prepared in the framework of FIW - Research Centre International Economics:
W. Koller (iwi), R. Stehrer (wiiw), Outsourcing and Employment: A Decomposition Approach, FIW Research Report No. 018 (free PDF)
 
Press Release
wiiw, 3 September 2008
Austrian FDI by main Countries and Industries
  Press release (PDF): German
The study was commissioned by the Austrian Federal Minsitry of Economics and Labour, prepared in the framework of FIW - Research Centre Internatinal Economics:
G. Hunya (wiiw), Austrian FDI by main Countries and Industries, FIW Research Report No. 015 (free PDF)
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 2 September 2008
Economic Consequences of the Georgina-Russian Conflict
  Press release (PDF): English - German
 
New book
August 2008
Economic Restructuring and Integration in Eastern Europe. Experiences and Policy Implications
  by R. Grinberg, P. Havlik and O. Havrylyshyn (eds)
 
Press Release
wiiw, 1 August 2008
Potential for More Trade in the Commercial Services Sector in Autria
Press release (PDF): English - German
Two studies, commissioned by the Austrian Federal Minsitry of Economics and Labour, prepared in the framework of FIW - Research Centre Internatinal Economics:
J. Wörz (wiiw), Austria's Competitiveness in Trade in Services, FIW Research Report No. 003 (free PDF)
V. Brandicourt, C. Schwellnus (CEPII) and J. Wörz (wiiw), Austria's Potential for Trade in Services, FIW Reserch Report, No. 002 (free PDF)
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 4 July 2008, 10 a.m.
Current situation and medium-term forecast for the economies of Central, East and Southeast Europe, and China
Focus: development of inflation in the region
Regional focus: Russia
   
Presentation of wiiw's new July Forecast.
Invitation (German): PDF
Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation: PDF
 
wiiw - RZB Press Conference
Vienna, 30 June 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Recent developments of FDI in Central and Eastern Europe: slowdown in the new EU member states, upswing in Russia
Gábor Hunya (wiiw) presents his latest analysis of FDI developments in 20 Central, East and Southeast European countries. Herbert Stepic (Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG) presents practical experiences and draws comparisons among the emerging markets.

Venue: Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB),
Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Vienna, ground floor, room 3

Registration: Ursula Köhrl (wiiw),
e-mail: koehrl@wiiw.ac.at, tel. 533 66 10

Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation in German (PDF)
 
Joint OEFSE-wiiw Seminar
Vienna, 20 May 2008, 9:30 a.m.
C.P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Financial Market Reforms in India and China and their Impacts on International and Local Developments
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'
wiiw, 24 April 2008, 4 p.m.
Waltraut Urban, wiiw
Dancing with the Dragon: the EU's Trade Deficit with China
 
wiiw Global Economy Lecture
Vienna, 17 April 2008, 4 p.m.
 
Yu Yongding, Institute of World Economics and Politics, CASS
China's Main Economic Challenges and Its Janus-faced Boom
Lecture jointly organized by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and wiiw
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'
wiiw, 3 April 2008, 4 p.m.
György Surányi, Banca Intesa
The Road towards the Euro
 
wiiw Spring Seminar
Vienna, 28 March 2008
Growth in Central, East and Southeast Europe: Tensions and Further Potential
 
wiiw Public Panel Discussion
Vienna, 27 March 2008
Financial Market Crisis and Global Imbalances: Consequences for CEE and SEE Countries
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 28 February 2008, 10 a.m.
Current situation and medium-term forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe
Presentation of wiiw's new forecast up to 2010 (published in wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 1). Detailed analysis of the region and country reports on
- the new EU member states Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
- Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey
- Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine
- China
Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation (PDF)
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'
wiiw, 4 February 2008, 1 p.m.
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, ECB
Preliminary Lessons of the Recent Financial Markets Developments
 
FIW Press Conference
Vienna, 17 January 2008, 10 a.m.
Book launch 'Österreichs Außenwirtschaft 2007'
Presentation of the Research Centre International Economics (FIW)
Details and registration - Press release
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'
wiiw, 29 November 2007, 1 p.m.
Fabrizio Corricelli, EBRD
Transition Report, 2007
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 21 November 2007, 10 a.m.
Presentation of wiiw's latest growth forecast for 2007 and 2008 for the new EU member states and the East and Southeast European region
Press release (PDF): English - German
Current developments in the Western Balkans (in particular Kosovo)
Presentation of the new wiiw Handbook of Statistics 2007
 
wiiw Special Seminar
wiiw, 11 October 2007, 1 p.m.
Barry Eichengreen (George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley)
Professor Eichengreen will discuss with us the subprime crisis, global rebalancing, the prospects for the US and world economies, etc. in an informal setting.
 
Book Launch and Discussion
Vienna, 10 October 2007, 6:30 p.m.
The American and the European Way /
Wirtschaftspolitik USA - EU im Vergleich

(Programme, PDF)
Discussion hosted by the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation for the book launch of The European Economy in an American Mirror (ed. by B. Eichengreen, M. Landesmann and D. Stiefel, Routledge 2007).
Please register at www.marshallplan.at.
 
wiiw Global Economy Lecture
Vienna, 10 October 2007, 4 p.m.
Barry Eichengreen, University of California, Berkeley
Solving the IMF's Existential Crisis
Lecture jointly organized by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) and wiiw
 
FIW-wiiw Special Seminar
wiiw, 28 September 2007, 1 p.m.
David Greenaway, GEP
Globalization Research at GEP
 
Workshop
Vienna, 27 September 2007, 9:15 a.m.
International Trade & Domestic Growth: Determinants, Linkages and Challenges
  Programme (PDF)
Registration form (PDF)
Workshop organized by Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw).
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'
wiiw, 10 September 2007, 1 p.m.
Andreas Wörgötter, OECD:
OECD Economic Assessment of Ukraine, 2007
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 5 July 2007, 10 a.m.
Current situation and forecast for the countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe
Presentation of wiiw's new forecast. Detailed analysis of the region and country reports on
- the new EU member states
- the Southeast European countries including Turkey
- Russia, Ukraine and China

Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation (PDF)
 
wiiw Press Conference
wiiw, 5 June 2007, 10 a.m.
Foreign Direct Investment - recent developments in Central, East and Southeast Europe
Presentation of the new wiiw Database on FDI
Press release (PDF): English - German
Presentation (PDF)
 
INDEUNIS final workshop
Moscow, 17-18 May 2007
Policy recommendations for restructuring and integration in the NIS
  Press release (PDF)
 
wiiw Press Release
wiiw, 15 May 2007
Die Energiesicherheit Europas und die Rolle Russlands (PDF)
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'
wiiw, 14 May 2007, 4 p.m.
Orsolya Lelkes, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna:
Poverty Across Europe
 
wiiw Seminar Series, 'Integration in a wider Europe'