Monthly Report No. 12/2017
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Vasily Astrov, Edward Bbaale, Leon Podkaminer and Oliver Reiter
wiiw Monthly Report No. 12, December 2017
47 pages including 4 Tables and 32 Figures
- Graph of the month: Gross domestic product, real growth in %, average 2012-2016 (p. 1)
- Opinion corner: Do trade imbalances affect economic growth? (by Leon Podkaminer, pp. 2-4)
- Trade effects of EU integration arrangements in the Western Balkan countries (by Oliver Reiter, pp. 5-8)
- Corruption and firm-level productivity: greasing or sanding effect? (by Edward Bbaale, pp. 9-15)
- Kyrgyzstan: suffering from ‘Dutch disease’? (by Vasily Astrov, pp. 16-21)
- Recommended reading (p. 22)
- New wiiw Handbook of Statistics (p. 23)
- Statistical Annex: Monthly and quarterly statistics for Central, East and Southeast Europe (pp. 24-45)
Reference to wiiw databases: wiiw Annual Database, wiiw Monthly Database
Keywords: economic growth, international trade, trade imbalances, balance-of-payments crises, EU accession, Stabilisation and Association Agreements, trade liberalisation, productivity, corruption, red tape, labour migration and remittances, external competitiveness
Countries covered: CESEE, Kyrgyzstan, Western Balkans, Africa, non specific
Research Areas: Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy, Labour, Migration and Income Distribution, International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI