News & Opinions
BREXIT: Austria's position in forthcoming negotiations - 27 Oct 2016
Charles Wyplosz asked leading economists from the EU27 about their countries’ prospective negotiating positions vis à vis Brexit. Michael Landesmann and Robert Stehrer to shed light on Austria’s stance. read more
Trade: A Matter of Standards - 18 Oct 2016
Non-tariff measures are the hot topics in trade negotiations such as CETA and TTIP. The FIW Workshop on Friday, 21 October sheds light on why they matter so much today. read more
Why Europe needs more public investment - 18 Oct 2016
wiiw Economist Philipp Heimberger assesses Europe’s fiscal policies and calls for a coordinated push for public investments, in which the surplus countries should lead the way read more
The space for an industrial policy in Europe - 29 Sep 2016
Last week, Mario Pianta from University of Urbino presented a wide ranging proposal for a new European-level industrial policy at wiiw. Here is a video interview. read more
EU strategies in the face of BREXIT - 22 Sep 2016
On Sept 19, wiiw Scientific Director Robert Stehrer presented his Business Briefing 'EU strategies in the face of BREXIT' at a roundtable in Vienna. read more
CETA – Boom für die KMUs? - 20 Sep 2016
In the debate on free trade agreements the question of who will benefit frequently arises. This is also the case for CETA. A commentary by Roman Stöllinger (in German) read more
Unexpected results, but probably same coalition - 19 Sep 2016
Early parliamentary elections were held on 11 September in Croatia. Hermine Vidovic discusses the likely outcome of coalition calls. read more
Yes means no: Referendum in the Serbian Republic is not about secession - 14 Sep 2016
The Serbian Republic intends to hold a referendum on whether the 9th of January will become the Day of the Republic. Vladimir Gligorov explains what is behind. read more
CETA and TTIP: same-same but different? - 06 Sep 2016
wiiw Scientific Director Robert Stehrer and economist Roman Stöllinger outline important similarities & differences between two trade deals currently hotly debated. read more
Falling Behind and Catching Up – Southeast Europe - 23 Aug 2016
For more than two years, wiiw economists and researchers from SEE analysed reasons for & ways out of the Balkans’ development trap. The results are on the wiiw Balkan Observatory website. read more