Publications

This paper analyzes the costs of institutional harmonization of the EU eastern neighbors toward EU norms. It starts with a review of the harmonization costs as well as a discussion of different ways f...chevron_right

This paper examines the impact of migration and remittances on the behavior of rural households in Moldova. First it presents the main peculiarities of rural economy in Moldova and then the main migra...chevron_right

This paper seeks to measure the quality of exports using their unit export value. The authors formalize assumptions as a hypothesis of the proportionality of equilibrium prices and equilibrium qualiti...chevron_right

This paper investigates the differences in innovation behavior among manufacturing firms in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the food, electronic, pharmaceutical and automotive industries. Th...chevron_right

This study estimates the impact of the removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in trade between the EU and its selected CIS partners: Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The authors argue ...chevron_right

This study provides a comparative overview of policy and practice concerning the development and implementation of key competences in the education systems of the 27 member states of the EU. In partic...chevron_right

Economic growth picked up considerably in the 4Q 2009 while unemployment kept on gradually rising as GDP growth was below the potential. Recovery was driven by net exports like in previous quarters, b...chevron_right

The paper discusses the issue of labor force mobility in a broad sense, and analyzes how changes in social security policy and the structure of the social safety net (SSN) affect different aspects of ...chevron_right

The paper focuses on the social safety nets in the Russian Federation and Ukraine in view of labor market changes since the beginning of economic transition.The authors show that many past phenomena ...chevron_right

This study evaluates the effects of the current Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for the EU and the Mediterranean region, in order to assist policy makers in defining the next steps in th...chevron_right

The paper discusses possible directions and magnitudes of the relationship between the social security driven tax wedge, employment and shadow employment in Russia and Ukraine. The paper provides an a...chevron_right

This paper examines Poland's economy and it's fiscal deficits. The authors provide a comprehensive report on developments of the Polish economy and discuss some key indicators. The paper also contains...chevron_right

This brief discusses the assumption that discretionary fiscal stimulus will automatically revive private spending.chevron_right

This brief looks at whether a free trade agreement between the EU and Armenia would be both economically viable and feasible. Armenia’s economy has made significant progress and experienced rapid grow...chevron_right

This brief discusses whether a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Georgia would be both economically viable and feasible. It identifies and analyzes various degrees of trade integration bet...chevron_right