Understanding productivity performance is important to informing policy advice on how to improve productivity and therefore New Zealand's overall economic performance. Given data limitations inherent in international productivity comparisons, this paper is not intended to inform policy in...

Der Indikator für das ifo Weltwirtschaftsklima ist nach seinem zweimaligen Anstieg wieder etwas gesunken. Sowohl die Beurteilungen zur aktuellen Lage als auch der wirtschaftliche Ausblick für die nächsten sechs Monate verschlechterten sich leicht im Vergleich zum Vorquartal. Die Erholung der...

Der ifo-Indikator für das Weltwirtschaftsklima ist weiter gestiegen, wenn auch nur leicht. Sowohl die Beurteilung zur aktuellen Lage als auch der wirtschaftliche Ausblick für die nächsten sechs Monate haben sich im Vergleich zum Vorquartal geringfügig verbessert. Es mehren sich die Anzeichen...

Der Indikator für das ifo Weltwirtschaftsklima ist nach zwei Rückgängen in Folge wieder auf Aufwärtskurs. Während sich die Beurteilung der aktuellen Lage nur leicht verbesserte, haben vor allem die deutlich positiveren Erwartungen für die nächsten sechs Monate zum Anstieg des Indikators...

Many governments offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover benefits. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally perceived as the best channel for technology transfer, not only across national boundaries but also between firms – in...

Many governments offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of spillover benefits. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally perceived as the best channel for technology transfer, not only across national boundaries but also between firms – in...

Fast economic growth - in excess of 5% per year - continues in most New EU Member States (NMS). Growth in Bulgaria and Romania (which joined the EU on 1 January 2007) was also accelerating throughout 2006. Everywhere, except Hungary, GDP growth has been driven predominantly by domestic demand....

The 1st of May 2007 marked the third anniversary of the accession of the new member states (NMS) to the European Union the economic balance of the first three years is a clear success for the whole EU. Over the period 2001-2003 GDP in the NMS had increased by 3.1% per year on average; over the...

The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) has just released an analysis of current economic developments in Central, East and Southeast Europe, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and China (including brief country reports), as well as a medium-term forecast for these countries in...

Under favourable external conditions, the economies of the New EU Member States (NMS) fared even better in the first quarter of 2006 than in 2005. Investment accelerated sharply and industry is proving buoyant. Labour productivity has registered strong gains, unit labour costs declined. This is...