News & Opinions
wiiw Reality Check: An economist’s tale - 16 Aug 2016
Michael Landesmann reflects on major structural changes having taken place in CESEE over the past 25 years of transition & shares his view of key developments of the decade to come. read more
wiiw Opinion Corner: Breaking out from the middle-income trap? Not at any price! - 09 Aug 2016
In the last 25 years, Poland – just as most of the other CEE countries – closed a good deal of the income gap with respect to Western Europe. An assessment by Leon Podkaminer read more
13 awards for wiiw forecasts - 02 Aug 2016
wiiw forecasts have been recognized with 13 awards by FocusEconomics’ Forecast Awards 2016 read more
Trade specialisation of European regions - 26 Jul 2016
Today, wiiw and the Lower Saxony Institute for Economic Research (NIW) published a joint study on identifying revealed comparative advantages in an EU regional context. read more
Potential Economic Consequences of the Coup Attempt in Turkey - 22 Jul 2016
wiiw economist Serkan Çiçek made a first assessment of the economic repercussions of the coup attempt in Turkey. read more
Western Balkans Countries Discuss Investment, Jobs and Integration - 07 Jul 2016
By invitation of wiiw and the World Bank, ministers and senior officials and policy experts from international organisations met in Vienna to discuss the region’s major challenges read more
New Scientific Director for wiiw - 06 Jul 2016
Robert Stehrer, one of wiiw’s most outstanding economists, became the Institute’s new Scientific Director as of July 1st 2016 read more
High-Level Panel Discussion on Brexit - 04 Jul 2016
Which factors were driving anti-EU sentiments that culminated in the vote for Brexit? What is the impact on the EU integration process and which actions should be taken? A seminar note by Julia Grübler read more
Modest recovery in the east – EU fiscal rules act as obstacle to growth – BREXIT poses new uncertainties - 30 Jun 2016
At today’s press conference, Mario Holzner presented the new wiiw forecast for 22 countries of Central, East and Southeast Europe. Here is a summary. read more