News & Opinions
US elections: a warning for Europe? - 02 Dec 2016
Armon Rezai, wiiw Research Associate, comments on the economic implications of a Trump presidency and the potential effects for Europe (in German). read more
Just released: wiiw Handbook of Statistics 2016 - 30 Nov 2016
The twenty-second edition of the wiiw Handbook is an updated and expanded macroeconomic statistics collection for CESEE countries. read more
Inequality and Trust - 29 Nov 2016
Brexit, Trump and the rise of nationalist parties in Europe put the study of inequality high on the research agenda. Mariya Hake (OeNB) shows how it affects trust in institutions. read more
Trump and Power - 28 Nov 2016
Will America have more bargaining power in bilateral rather than multilateral trade deals? Most probably not. A commentary by Vladimir Gligorov read more
The Belarus Economy: The Challenges of Stalled Reforms - 24 Nov 2016
A new wiiw study analyses the unique transition experience of Belarus and calls for a new policy set up read more
Policies of Donald Trump: any lessons from other populist governments? - 16 Nov 2016
Two examples – to get some flavour of how events may unfold – are Poland and Hungary. Wisława Niemczyk & Sándor Richter have looked at the situation. read more
CETA is still alive... - 15 Nov 2016
Following the US election, TTIP is probably dead. However, this could make CETA more likely. On Thursday, Mario Larch will outline what CETA means for trade and investment. read more
What a Trump victory means for CESEE - 11 Nov 2016
An ‘America First’ policy as envisaged by the newly elected president of the United States, Donald Trump, could have far reaching consequences. Economists at the wiiw discussed the economic and geopolitical implications for the CESEE region. read more
Labour shortages driving economic growth? - 10 Nov 2016
At today’s press conference, Vasily Astrov presented the new wiiw forecast for 22 countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe. A summary. read more
An Anatomy of the Global Trade Slowdown based on the WIOD 2016 Release - 09 Nov 2016
wiiw and the GGDC updated the World Input-Output Database to analyse the slowdown in the global trade-to-GDP ratio based on a novel measure of international production fragmentation. read more