News & Opinions
Winter Forecast: Eastern Europe will grow by 3.2% in 2022 - 27 Jan 2022
Slowdown due to weakness of Russia and Turkey; main risks inflation, strong sanctions on Russia, COVID-19 read more
Do higher public debt ratios really reduce economic growth? - 18 Jan 2022
The pandemic-induced crisis has seen fiscal policy relaxed. Ill-evidenced orthodoxy must not be allowed to reinstate austerity. read more
wiiw sucht Pre-Doc Ökonom_in mit Interesse an Außenwirtschaft und ökologischen Themen - 12 Jan 2022
Der/die Kandidat_in wird im Bereich angewandte empirische Forschung tätig sein und an der "Forschungsstelle Internationale Wirtschaft" mitarbeiten read more
wiiw is hiring an Economist specialised in macroeconomics or fiscal policy - 11 Jan 2022
The candidate should widen our expertise on fiscal policy and its macroeconomic implications in Europe as part of a new, growing research group read more
30 years of Ukrainian independence: Is there a cause for optimism? - 29 Dec 2021
Although Ukraine’s economic growth has been sluggish, in terms of democratic transformation it has scored better than many of its peers. read more
Sectoral data underlines differentiated COVID-19 economic impact on CESEE - 22 Dec 2021
New data shows sharp declines for tourism and transportation activity in 2020, while ICT and healthcare held up better read more
Turkey: Is the worst yet to come? - 01 Dec 2021
The use of negative real interest rates to support credit growth has again led to a lira rout and skyrocketing inflation. The crisis is unlikely to be over read more
East Central Europe needs a new growth model - 29 Nov 2021
EU-CEE countries must focus on innovation to cope with decarbonisation and digitalisation. Germany and Austria should gain, despite some challenges read more
Free trade policy is not the optimal trade policy - 16 Nov 2021
Countries and trading blocs such as the EU should be free to choose the trade policy they deem optimal. This requires a renunciation of the holy grail of free trade read more
Thirty Years On: Is There Still a Post-Soviet Space? - 15 Nov 2021
Video recording of public panel discussion on the prospects for future relations between the EU and its neighbours to the East read more