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Political risks in Central, East and Southeast Europe in 2022 - 28 Jan 2022
Conflict with Russia, crisis in Bosnia & Herzegovina, upcoming elections threaten political and economic stability in the region read more
wiiw tritt Initiative für wissenschaftliche Integrität bei - 28 Jan 2022
Fünf Institute forcieren 16 Prinzipien bei Auftragsstudien – wiiw schließt sich Memorandum von IHS und WIFO an read more
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