News & Opinions
Hermine Vidovic on Slovenia: first signs of recovery - 17 Jul 2014
The wiiw economist gave a radio interview about economic policy priorities after the recent parliamentary elections in Slovenia and positive signs of the country’s economic recovery. read more
New wiiw forecast for Central, East and Southeast Europe: Investment to the Rescue - 03 Jul 2014
wiiw expects an acceleration of GDP growth in Central, East and Southeast Europe to an average 2-3% annually until 2016. A major driving force is an upward reversal of investments. read more
Charting Ways Out of Europe’s Impasse – A Policy Memorandum - 26 Jun 2014
The international AUGUR research consortium published a Policy memorandum, in which it outlines possible ways out of prolonged stagnation and low growth in Europe. read more
Inside the Euro Crisis: An Eyewitness Account - 24 Jun 2014
wiiw scientific director Michael Landesmann interviews Simeon Djankov about his experiences at ECOFIN meetings during the crisis, about tensions between politics and economics and the future of the euro zone. read more
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