wiiw Policy Notes and Reports
EU enlargement – Moving forward with pragmatism
Hannes Swoboda
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 106, March 2026
13 pages
Scaling CESEE innovation: Ecosystem dynamics and strategic relocation opportunities
Alexandra Bykova, Francesca Guadagno, Ioannis Gutzianas and Mario Holzner
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 105, March 2026
39 pages including 6 Tables and 11 Figures
Crowding in or crowding out? Public and private investment in the Western Balkans
Ioannis Gutzianas, Mario Holzner and Branimir Jovanović
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 104, March 2026
20 pages including 4 Tables and 3 Figures
Structural shifts in Ukraine’s foreign trade and investment and implications for EU-Ukraine relations
Olga Pindyuk
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 103, February 2026
30 pages including 13 Figures
Another Round of EU Enlargement: What are the economic and institutional must-haves for candidate countries to make accelerated enlargement possible?
Richard Grieveson, Ioannis Gutzianas, Branimir Jovanović, Michael Landesmann and Olga Pindyuk
wiiw Policy Note/Policy Report No. 102, November 2025
104 pages including 2 Tables and 63 Figures
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