wiiw Policy Notes and Reports
Easier to afford, more likely to be smoked? Marlboro indices show higher cigarette affordability in the South and East of Europe
Kristijan Fidanovski, Biljana Jovanovikj, Nóra Kungl and Hana Ross
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 101, October 2025
21 pages including 1 Table and 8 Figures
Romania’s Tobacco Excise Policy in 2025: Missed opportunity ahead of the EU Tobacco Taxation Directive update
Nóra Kungl, Hana Ross and George Stefan
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 100, October 2025
24 pages including 4 Tables and 7 Figures
Achieving geoeconomic goals by boosting the economy without raising the public debt ratio? New evidence on the effects of public investment in the European Union
Cara Dabrowski and Philipp Heimberger
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 99, October 2025
21 pages including 1 Table and 3 Figures
Local Resistance to International High-Speed Rail Projects – Lessons for a European Silk Road: A Comparison between Resistance to the Brenner Base Tunnel Project in Germany and Austria
Klara Blomberg, Mario Holzner and Manon Verougstraete
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 98, September 2025
28 pages including 5 Figures
Harnessing FDI for innovation and green growth in the EU: Some evidence-based policy recommendations
Chiara Castelli, Ronald B. Davies, Javier Flórez Mendoza, Mahdi Ghodsi, Francesca Guadagno, Francesca Micocci and Armando Rungi
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 97, June 2025
17 pages including 2 Figures
EU industrial policy in the evolving geo-political and geo-economic environment
Michael Landesmann
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 96, June 2025
42 pages including 2 Tables and 4 Figures
Migration or automation? Recommendations for how to better navigate labour shortages in the EU
Tesseltje de Lange, Mahdi Ghodsi and Maryna Tverdostup
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 95, April 2025
19 pages including 2 Figures
The new EU fiscal framework: Implications for public spending on the green and digital transition
Philipp Heimberger
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 94, April 2025
21 pages including 1 Figure
The future of the EU's competitive position: The role of Central Eastern European countries
Matteo Ferrazzi, Francesca Guadagno, Doris Hanzl-Weiss, Jochen Schanz, Tomáš Slačík and Robert Stehrer
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 93, April 2025
24 pages including 1 Table, 8 Figures and 2 Boxes
The EU’s and China’s grants and loans in the Western Balkans
Branimir Jovanović and Sonja Stojadinović
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 92, April 2025
37 pages including 10 Tables and 7 Figures