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126: International Trade in Western Balkan Countries: Analysis Based on the Gravity Model

Eniel Ninka and Engjell Pere

125: The Transfer and Adjustment Problems in the Balkans

Vladimir Gligorov

124: Massive Migration and its Effect on Human Capital and Growth: The Case of Western Balkan and Central and Eastern European Countries

Michael Landesmann and Isilda Mara

123: Backwardness, Industrialisation and Economic Development in Europe

Amat Adarov, Mario Holzner and Luka Sikic

122: A Narrative Explanation of Breakpoints and Convergence Patterns in Yugoslavia and its Successor States 1952-2015

Ivo Bićanić, Milan Deskar-Škrbić and Jurica Zrnc

121: Introducing Railway Time in the Balkans: Economic effects of railway construction in Southeast Europe and beyond since the early 19th century until present days

Eduard Alvarez, Mario Holzner, Stefan Jestl and Jordi Marti-Henneberg

120: Corruption Risk and Legitimacy in Outsourced Public Service Provision: Evidence from Serbia

Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett, Vladimir Gligorov and Jelena Krstić

119: A quantitative explanation of the low productivity in South-Eastern European economies: the role of misallocations

Petre Caraiani

118: Regional Patterns of Deindustrialization and Prospects for Reindustrialization in South and Central East European Countries

Zoran Aralica and Nebojsa Stojcic

117: Estimating agglomeration in the EU and the Western Balkan regions

Roman Römisch

116: Tariff-induced (de)industrialization in transition economies: A comparative analysis

Branimir Jovanovic, Marjan Petreski and Igor Velickovski

115: Firm growth and financing constraints in the NMS-10 and the Western Balkan countries – a comparative analysis

Sandra Leitner

114: The Role of Banks in Economic Development in the Former SFR Yugoslavia

Predrag Ćetković

113: Knowledge-Based Regional Development in Albania and Kosovo - Reducing social and economic disparities through social and economic innovation

Blerjana Bino, Ketrina Çabiri, Erjon Curraj, Alban Hashani and Ilire Mehmeti

112: The Effects of Highway Construction in the Balkans: Insights from the Via Militaris

Mario Holzner

111: Analysis of Short and Medium Term Crisis Effects on Welfare and Poverty in SEE: Stress Testing Bulgarian and Romanian Households

Sebastian Leitner

110: Inequality and the Crisis: A Causal Inference Analysis

Mario Holzner

109: A Micro Level Perspective of Euroization in Albania

Edlira Narazani

108: Effects of the global economic crisis and public spending on income distribution in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Adnan Efendic and Naida Trkic-Izmirlija

107: The consumption-enhancing effect of remittances: Evidence from Kosovo

Laetitia Duval and François-Charles Wolff

106: The spatial structure of the Russian economy and the multipolar world

Valentina Lapo

105: Robust Analysis of Income Inequality Dynamics in Russia: t-Statistic Based Approaches

Rustam Ibragimov, Marat Ibragimov, Jovlon Karimov and Galiya Yuldasheva

104: Hemlock for policy response: Monetary policy, exchange rates and labour unions in SEE and CIS during the crisis

Branimir Jovanovic and Marjan Petreski

103: Social Aspects of Crisis Effects on Households: The Case of Ukraine

Larysa Krasnikova, Olena Osinkina, Tamara Podvysotskaya and Yuriy Podvysotskiy

102: Effects of Crisis on Income and Poverty: The Case of Kazakhstan

Alma Kudebayeva

101: The role of the alternative labour market adjustment mechanisms in Macedonia during the economic crisis

Dimitar Nikoloski, Ljupcho Pechijareski and Goran Pechijareski

100: A New Cluster-Based Financial Vulnerability Indicator: The Analytical Concept and its Application for Stress Testing in a Post-Socialist Economy

Ivana Herceg and Danijel Nestic

99: Sectoral wage dynamics and intersectoral linkages in the context of export competitiveness: the case of Croatia

Goran Vukšić

98: Measuring the Effects of Trade Liberalization in Kosovo

Mario Holzner and Florin Peci

97: The impact of customs procedures on business performance: evidence from Kosovo

Mario Holzner and Florin Peci

96: Subgroup and Shapely Value Decompositions of Multidimensional Inequality: An Application to South East European Countries

Sebastian Leitner and Robert Stehrer

95: Inequality and Public Policy: A Country Study for Bulgaria

Nasko Dochev, Nikolay Markov, Boyko Nikolov and Silviya Nikolova

94: The Effects of Flat Tax on Inequality and Informal Employment: The Case of Albania

Isilda Mara and Edlira Narazani

93: A Contribution to the Public-Private Wage Inequality Debate: The Iconic Case of Romania

Liviu Voinea

92: Do Social Transfers "Crowd-Out" Remittances: Evidence from Bosnia

Nermin Oruc

91: Wage Differences between the Private and the Public Sector in Serbia: Some Evidence from Survey Data

Kosovka Ognjenović

90: Does health Matter for Inequality in Transition Countries: The Case of Ukraine

Larysa Krasnikova, Olena Osinkina, Tamara Podvysotskaya and Yuriy Podvysotskiy

89: Sources of Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria

Venelin Boshnakov, Vesselin Mintchev and Alexander Naydenov

88: Measuring Inequality in CIS Countries: Theory and Empirics

Rustam Ibragimov, Marat Ibragimov and Rufat Khamidov

87: Inequality, Growth and Public Spending in Central, East and Southeast Europe

Mario Holzner

86: Income Inequality and Social Policy in Serbia

Olgica Ivančev, Milena Jovičić and Tijana Milojević

85: Decomposing Redistributive and Reranking Effects to Reveal Contributions of Taxes and Benefits

Ivica Urban

84: Determinants of Inequality in Selected SEE Countries: Results from Shapley Value Decompositions

Sebastian Leitner and Robert Stehrer

83: Long Term Changes in Croatia’s Wage Inequality: 1970-2006

Ivo Bićanić and Oriana Vukoja

82: Guest-worker Programs and the Propensity to Emigrate: Evidence from the Work-and-travel USA program in Romania

Daniel Pop

81: The Impact of the Flat Tax Reform on Inequality: The Case of Romania

Flaviu Mihaescu and Liviu Voinea

80: Determinants and Implications of Remittances in Albania and Romania

Ana Bleahu, Rodica Calmuc, José De Sousa, Laetitia Duval and François-Charles Wolff

79: The New Face of Slavery in the Balkans

Isilda Mara

78: Self-Selection in Conflict-Induced Migration: Micro Evidence from Bosnia

Nermin Oruc

77: Labour Supply, Remittances and the New Flat Tax in Albania

Edlira Narazani