News & Opinions
Vasily Astrov wins the Consensus Forecast Accuracy Award 2013 - 23 Jun 2014
For the accuracy of his macroeconomic forecasts, wiiw Economist and Country Expert on Ukraine Vasily Astrov wins the prestigious award by Consensus Economics read more
An industrial renaissance in Europe? - 16 Jun 2014
wiiw Scientific director Michael Landesmann talks with Reinhilde Veugelers, Dominique Foray and Ron Boschma about a revival of industrial policy in Europe. Watch the interviews on our website. read more
Economic convergence in Europe - 11 Jun 2014
wiiw draws conclusions from a biannual collaborative research endeavour on growth, cohesion and structural change in the process of CEE transition and EU membership. read more
FDI in Central, East and Southeast Europe - Hit by Deleveraging - 05 Jun 2014
FDI did not prove resilient to financial deleveraging in 2013. Inter-company loans and capital reserves were repatriated especially from the NMS resulting in low FDI inflow figures. read more
Job Opening - 14 May 2014
wiiw is looking for an economist with a concentration on international economics. read more
wiiw-AIT study on Internationalisation of business R&D was published with Edgar Elgar Publishing - 08 May 2014
Edited by Bernhard Dachs (AIT), Robert Stehrer (wiiw) and Georg Zahradnik (AIT) read more
Video documentation for the conference 'The 2004 EU Enlargement − Ten Years After' - 28 Apr 2014
Here you can revisit most of the panel presentations and speeches held at this international conference on 24-25 April 2014 in Vienna. read more
International conference 'The 2004 EU Enlargement − Ten Years After: Achievements and Next Steps' - 28 Apr 2014
On 1st May 2004 ten countries – mostly from Central and Eastern Europe – became new members of the European Union. On the 10th anniversary of this event wiiw co-organised an international conference. read more
Hungary after the elections - 09 Apr 2014
Foreign companies operating in Hungary will have to rethink their short- to medium-run strategy. A comment by Sándor Richter read more
A view on Ukraine: an Interview with Vasily Astrov - 31 Mar 2014
The wiiw economist talks about the current situation in Ukraine in a video produced by Erste Group Research. read more