The intensity of competition in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe stylized facts and repercussions for sectoral price developments (by M. Feldkircher, R. Martin and J. Wörz; pp. 1-7) Keywords inflation, mark-ups, competition, concentration Countries covered CEE, SEE Topics Macroeconomic...

Albania high but powerless growth (by Mario Holzner, p. 1) Patterns of trade specialization in CEECs (by Julia Wörz, p. 11) Economic consequences of the Schengen Treaty for labour markets in the Polish borderland regions (by Marcin Peterlik and Bohdan Wyzniekiewicz, p. 18) Selected monthly data...

The dark side of the Balkans (the shadow economy in Southeastern Europe) (by Edward Christie and Mario Holzner) Are CEECs trapped in low-quality export specialization? (by Uwe Dullek, Neil Foster, Robert Stehrer and Julia Wörz) Do interest rate differentials determine the movements in the...

Inflation, exchange rates and the real catch-up (by Leon Podkaminer) Specialization patterns in CEEC manufacturing (by Julia Wörz) Agriculture in transition countries in 2003 hit by the drought (by Zdenek Lukas) Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2002...

The impact of the Doha round on the new EU members (by Joseph Francois and Julia Wörz) Countries covered New EU Member States Topics International Trade and Competitiveness East-West integration and adjustments in the labour markets (by Michael Landesmann) Countries covered European Union, New...

The new EU members' competitiveness in trade in services (by J. Wörz, pp. 1-6) Countries covered Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Topics International Trade and Competitiveness; Services A brief history of Poland's nominal...

Net outward investment position of the new member states (by Julia Wörz, pp. 1-9) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia Topics Foreign Direct Investment Sources of growth in the CIS (by Garbis Iradian, pp....

The land market in the new EU member states (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Topics Agriculture and Food Industry One year of EU enlargement trade prospects from the Austrian perspective (by Julia Wörz) Countries covered Czech Republic,...

Turkey's economy situation report and outlook (by Josef Pöschl, Hermine Vidovic and Julia Wörz) Countries covered Turkey Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Turkish Straits as a chokepoint for energy transit (by Vasily Astrov) Countries covered Turkey, Russia Topics Energy...

A structural decomposition of international trade (by J.F. Francois and J. Wörz; pp. 1-7) Keywords international trade, trade intensity, manufacturing Countries covered EU, CEE, OECD, East Asia Topics International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Migration, skills and productivity (by P. Huber...