Focus on European Economic Integration

2004 - 2023

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Taking Stock of Twenty Years of analysis and Research on CESEE at the OeNB pp. 7-13: Peter Mooslechner and Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald
Twenty Years of East-West Integration: Reflections on What We Have Learned pp. 16-26: Michael Landesmann
Five Years after EU Eastward Enlargement pp. 27-31: Marek Belka
Challenges of Monetary Integration in CEE pp. 32-37: Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
From the Koruna to the Euro pp. 38-43: Elena Kohútiková
Twenty (Five) Years of Banking Reform in CEE pp. 44-47: Lajos Bokros
A Banker’s Take on Twenty Years of CEE Banking Sector Developments pp. 48-54: Marianne Kager
Macroconvergence in CESEE pp. 56-65: Doris Ritzberger-Grünwald and Julia Wörz
Austria’s Economic Activities in CESEE pp. 66-72: Christian Ragacs and Klaus Vondra
The Monetary Integration of CESEE EU Member States: Achievements and Prospects pp. 73-81: Peter Backé
Central Banks in Transition: Legal and Institutional Challenges on the Way to EU Integration pp. 82-91: Sandra Dvorsky
Banking Sector Transformation in CESEE pp. 92-100: Stephan Barisitz

The Shock-Absorbing Capacity of the Flexible Exchange Rate in Poland pp. 54-70: Agnieszka Stazka-Gawrysiak
CESEE Households amid the Financial Crisis: Euro Survey Shows Darkened Economic Sentiment and Changes in Savings Behavior pp. 71-83: Sandra Dvorsky, Thomas Scheiber and Helmut Stix
Simple but Effective: The OeNB’s Forecasting Model for Selected CESEE Countries pp. 84-95: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Martin Feldkircher, Tomáš Slacík and Julia Wörz

Evaluating Inflation Determinants with a Money Supply Rule in Four Central and Eastern European EU Member States pp. 6-21: Aaron Mehrotra and Tomas Slacik
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

The 2008 Fall Wave of the OeNB Euro Survey – A First Glimpse of Households’ Reactions to the Global Financial Crisis pp. 1-11: Sandra Dvorsky, Thomas Scheiber and Helmut Stix
European and Non-European Emerging Market Currencies: Forward Premium Puzzle and Fundamentals pp. 56-66: Peter Backé and Franz Schardax
Fiscal Position and Size of Automatic Stabilizers in the CESEE EU Member States – Implications for Discretionary Measures pp. 78-84: Markus Eller

Trade and Wages: Winning and Losing Sectors in the Enlarged European Union pp. 6-35: Éva Katalin Polgár and Julia Wörz
The Distributional Effects of Trade on Austrian Wages pp. 36-56: Wolfgang Pointner
Rationality of Post-Accession Migration pp. 57-83: Katarzyna Budnik
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 Sandor Gardo

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: Sandor Gardo
Labor Markets in Central, Eastern and Southeastern European EU Member States: General Trends and Migration Effects pp. 82-99: Josef Schreiner
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: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma and Tomáš Slacík

On the Determinants of Currency Crises: The Role of Model Uncertainty pp. 54-68: Jesus 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
Development and Regional Disparities – Testing the Williamson Curve Hypothesis in the European Union pp. 100-121: Béla Szörfi

Determinants of House Price Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 52-76: Balázs Égert
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
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 Naszodi
Predicting Currency Crises Using the Term Structure of Relative Interest Rates: Case Studies of the Czech Republic and Russia pp. 135-149: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma and Tomáš Slacík
The Russian Nonfuel Sector: Signs of the Dutch Disease? Evidence from EU-25 Import Competition pp. 150-166: Stephan Barisitz and Simon-Erik Ollus
The Russian Oil Fund as a Tool of Stabilization and Sterilization pp. 167-176: Vasily Astrov

Bank Intermediation in Southeastern Europe: Depth and Structure pp. 48-68: Peter Backé
How Central and Eastern European Countries Choose Exchange Rate Regimes pp. 69-84: Agnieszka Markiewicz
The Dutch Disease in Kazakhstan: An Empirical Investigation pp. 85-108: Balázs Égert and Carol Leonard
Serbia: Country Profile and Recent Economic Developments pp. 109-133: Klaus Michal and Tomáš Slacík
The Financial Situation and Financing of Nonfinancial Corporations in the Ten New EU Member States – A First Empirical Orientation pp. 134-151: Thomas Reininger and Zoltan Walko

Monetary Transmission in Central and Eastern Europe: Gliding on a Wind of Change pp. 44-87: Fabrizio Coricelli, Balázs Égert and Ronald MacDonald
Interest Rate Pass-Through in Central and Eastern Europe: Reborn from Ashes Merely to Pass Away? pp. 88-111: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Balázs Égert and Thomas Reininger
Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: New (Over)Shooting Stars? pp. 112-139: Peter Backé and Balázs Égert
Monetary Transmission in the New EU Member States: Evidence from Time-Varying Coefficient Vector Autoregression pp. 140-155: Zsolt Darvas
Ukraine: Macroeconomic Developments and Structural Change with a Special Focus on the Energy Sector pp. 158-176: Stephan Barisitz and Annemarie Pemmer