Austria's economic relations with Russia (by V. Astrov; pp. 1-5) Keywords economic cooperation, neighbourhood policy Countries covered Austria, Russia Topics International Trade and Competitiveness; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Integration The structure of jobs across the EU some...

Slovakia after the elections (by Doris Hanzl-Weiss; pp. 1-3) Keywords Elections, Fiscal policy Countries covered Slovakia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Labour market issues in Europe’s Eastern and Western Balkan neighbours (by Hermine Vidovic; pp. 4-9) Keywords Labour market,...

Presentations at wiiw Spring Seminar 2003 Transition Countries Overview and Outlook (Leon Podkaminer) Fiscal and Financial Aspects of EU Enlargement the Issue of Transfers (Sándor Richter) Fiscal Implications of EU Enlargement for the CEECs (Roman Römisch) Lessons to be Learnt from Earlier...

New EU Member States booming agro-food trade, Poland ahead (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia Topics Agriculture and Food Industry Unit labour costs as a measure of countries¿ competitiveness (by Kazimierz Laski and Roman Römisch) Countries covered...

Thirty years of The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (by Kazimierz Laski) The reform agenda and the Washington Consensus (by John Williamson) 'Last-minute' warnings from Brussels to the acceding countries (by Sándor Richter) Slovenia's accession to the EU fiscal implications...

wiiw Managing Director retires (by Kazimierz Laski, pp. 1-2) Countries covered non specific Topics Other Further expanding agro-food trade of the NMS-4 in Europe (by Zdenek Lukas and Jan Mládek, pp. 3-7) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia Topics Agriculture and Food...

Kazakhstan an economic assessment (by V. Astrov, pp. 1-4) Countries covered Kazakhstan Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasts The twin deficits myth and real problems (by K. Laski and R. Römisch, pp. 5-8) Countries covered non-specific Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Forecasts Global...

Abstract Keynes and Kalecki both assume that private investment determines (but is not determined by) private savings. For Keynes, the desired level of saving is an increasing function of GDP, somehow related to the psychology of the society; ‘autonomous’ shifts of investment are determined...

This study presents a concise analysis of the macroeconomic developments in four cohesion countries (CCs) Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, from 1960 to 2000. Special attention is being paid to the economic performance of these countries after their accession to the European Union (EU). The...

Sustainable growth in catching-up countries requires the widening of the foreign trade bottleneck. It is however not clear whether two prescriptions aiming at solving this problem greater exchange rate flexibility and the liberalization of the capital market, are in reality not contradictory....