Focus on European Economic Integration

2007 - 2009

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Economic Growth Determinants for European Regions: Is Central and Eastern Europe Different? pp. 22–37: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Gernot Doppelhofer and Martin Feldkircher
Macrofinancial Developments and Systemic Change in CIS Central Asia pp. 38–61: Stephan Barisitz
Evaluating Inflation Determinants with a Money Supply Rule in Four Central and Eastern European EU Member States pp. 6–21: Aaron Nikolai Mehrotra and Tomas Slacik

European and Non-European Emerging Market Currencies: Forward Premium Puzzle and Fundamentals pp. 56–66: Peter Backé and Franz Schardax
The 2008 Fall Wave of the OeNB Euro Survey – A First Glimpse of Households’ Reactions to the Global Financial Crisis pp. 67–77: Sandra Dvorsky, Thomas Scheiber and Helmut Stix
Fiscal Position and Size of Automatic Stabilizers in the CESEE EU Member States – Implications for Discretionary Measures pp. 78–84: Markus Eller

The Distributional Effects of Trade on Austrian Wages pp. 36–56: Wolfgang Pointner
Rationality of Post-Accession Migration pp. 57–83: Katarzyna B. Budnik
Trade and Wages: Winning and Losing Sectors in the Enlarged European Union pp. 6–35: Éva Katalin Polgár and Julia Wörz
Southeastern Europe: Financial Deepening, Foreign Banks and Sudden Stops in Capital Flows pp. 84–97: Adalbert Winkler

Real Estate, Construction and Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: Impact on Competitiveness? pp. 52–72: Balázs Égert and Reiner Martin
Housing Loan Developments in the Central and Eastern European EU Member States pp. 73–82: Zoltan Walko
The OeNB Euro Survey in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe – The 2008 Spring Wave Update pp. 83–93: Sandra Dvorsky, Thomas Scheiber and Helmut Stix
Financial Sector Development in Serbia: Closing Ranks with Peers pp. 94–119: Stephan Barisitz and Sándor Gardó

Factors Driving Import Demand in Selected Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Countries pp. 100–125: Thomas Reininger
Determinants of Currency Crises: A Conflict of Generations? pp. 126–141: Jesús Crespo Cuaresma and Tomáš Slacík
Euroization in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe – First Results from the New OeNB Euro Survey pp. 48–60: Sandra Dvorsky, Thomas Scheiber and Helmut Stix
Croatia: Coping with Rapid Financial Deepening pp. 61–81: Sándor Gardó
Labor Markets in Central, Eastern and Southeastern European EU Member States: General Trends and Migration Effects pp. 82–99: Josef Schreiner

Development and Regional Disparities – Testing the Williamson Curve Hypothesis in the European Union pp. 100–121: Béla Szörfi
On the Determinants of Currency Crises: The Role of Model Uncertainty pp. 54–68: Jesús Crespo Cuaresma and Tomáš Slacík
Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe Revisited pp. 69–77: Peter Backé, Balázs Égert and Zoltan Walko
Exchange Rate Arrangements and Monetary Policy in Southeastern Europe: An Update (2004–2007) pp. 78–99: Stephan Barisitz

Central Bank Independence in Southeastern Europe with a View to EU Integration – Revisited pp. 101–114: Sandra Dvorsky
Are the Exchange Rates of EMU Candidate Countries Anchored by their Expected Euro Locking Rates? pp. 115–134: Anna Naszódi
The Russian Nonfuel Sector: Signs of the Dutch Disease? Evidence from EU-25 Import Competition pp. 150–166: Stephan Barisitz and Simon-Erik Ollus
Predicting Currency Crises Using the Term Structure of Relative Interest Rates: Case Studies of the Czech Republic pp. 165–149: Jesús Crespo Cuaresma and Tomás Slacík
The Russian Oil Fund as a Tool of Stabilization and Sterilization pp. 167–176: Vasily Astrovitz
Determinants of House Price Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 52–76: Balázs Égert and Dubravko Mihaljek
Are Euro Cash Holdings in Central and Eastern Europe Driven by Experience or Anticipation? Results from an OeNB Survey pp. 77–100: Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald and Helmut Stix