News & Opinions
Cautious upturn in CESEE: haunted by the spectre of uncertainty - 16 Mar 2017
At today’s press conference, Mario Holzner presented the new wiiw forecast for 22 countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe. Here is a video and summary. read more
Democracy in a multinational country - the Macedonian case - 14 Mar 2017
The Balkan media are dominated by stories about the imminent collapse of multi-ethnic Macedonia. But what is really going on in the country? A commentary by Vladimir Gligorov. read more
Silk Belts and Roads in the 21st century - 21 Feb 2017
The FIW policy brief by Julia Grübler and Robert Stehrer discusses the evolution of the ancient trading network across Eurasia and its potential for the Austrian economy. read more
wiiw Opinion Corner: Is there an economic rationale for Poland – and other EU-CEE countries – to join the euro area? - 20 Feb 2017
A critical commentary by wiiw Economist Leon Podkaminer read more
Greening the economy and its welfare implications - 14 Feb 2017
Environmental regulations are on the rise. In this context, Vera Danilina will present her research on the role of green public procurement on Thursday, 16 February, in Vienna. read more
Job offer / Stellenausschreibung wiiw Bibliothek - 13 Feb 2017
Das wiiw sucht eine/n engagierte/n Bibliothekar/in und Informationsmanager/in als Karenzvertretung und zur Verstärkung unseres internationalen Teams. read more
New 'Open Data' section established on wiiw website - 09 Feb 2017
A tradability dataset is the first free download to encourage other researchers to reproduce our research results or to start own calculations. More datasets to follow. read more
Growth strengthens and inflation returns, but political risk warning lights are flashing red - 31 Jan 2017
2017 could be a defining year for the European project, and the implications for Central, East and Southeast Europe may be significant. 10 key themes in 2017, by Richard Grieveson. read more
wiiw ranked No. 4 of the world's top international economics think tanks - 27 Jan 2017
The latest 'Global Go To' ranking places wiiw again in the top of the world's international economics think tanks. read more
From Refugees to Workers - 25 Jan 2017
Watch a video interview with Iván Martin on the integration of refugees in the European labour market read more