International Comparisons

To grasp the interrelation of global processes it is essential to analyze and compare economic developments in and across countries. Likewise, Austria’s economy has to be seen against the background of international trends.

Thus, the OeNB’s economists regularly conduct country-specific analyses as well as comparative studies on selected current economic issues, with a geographical focus on Western Europe and the euro area as well as Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. In its analysis of global trends, the OeNB also regularly monitors other economic areas, such as the U.S.A., Asia and the CIS.

A more detailed overview of OeNB papers and events with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe is available at ceec.oenb.at, the OeNB’s CEEC information platform.

Downloads of recent studies in OeNB periodical publications

The Competitiveness Challenge: EU Member States in International Trade (247 KB)

Hildebrandt, Silgoner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q4/07
Output Growth in Austria and Germany: What Explains the Growth Differentials since the Early 1990s? (367 KB)

Ragacs, Schneider – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q2/07
Employment Protection Regulations and Their Impact on Employment (179 KB)

Pointner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q3/06
How Central and Eastern European Countries Choose Exchange Rate Regimes (243 KB)

Markiewicz – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/2006
Bank Intermediation in Southeastern Europe: Depth and Structure (264 KB)

Backé, Walko – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/2006
Monetary Transmission in Central and Eastern Europe: Gliding on a Wind of Change (541 KB)

Coricelli, Égert, MacDonald – Focus on European Economic Integration 1/2006
Credit Growth in Central and Eastern Europe: New (Over)Shooting Stars? (370 KB)

Backé, Égert, Zumer – Focus on European Economic Integration 1/2006
Oil Price Shock, Energy Prices and Inflation – A Comparison of Austria and the EU (250 KB)

Arpa, Cuaresma, Gnan, Silgoner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q1/06
The Financial System and the Institutional Environment as Determinants of Economic Performance: Austria in Comparison (216 KB)

Fritzer – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q1/06
High Employment with Low Productivity? The Service Sector as a Determinant of Economic Development (236 KB)

Breitenfellner, Hildebrandt – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q1/06
Banking in Central and Eastern Europe since the Turn of the Millennium — An Overview of Structural Modernization in Ten Countries (264 KB)

Barisitz – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/05
Developments in Credit to the Private Sector in Central and Eastern European EU Member States: Emerging from Financial Repression — A Comparative Overview (321 KB)

Backé, Zumer – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/05
Can Banking Intermediation in the Central and Eastern European Countries Ever Catch up with the Euro Area? (327 KB)

Arpa, Reininger, Walko – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/05
The Euro Changeover in the New Member States – A Preview (385 KB)

Gruber, Ritzberger-Grünwald – Focus on European Economic Integration 1/05
Exchange Rate Regimes, Foreign Exchange Volatility and Export Performance in Central and Eastern Europe (346 KB)

Égert, Morales-Zumaquero – Focus on European Economic Integration 1/05
An Overview of European Economic Indicators: Great Variety of Data on the Euro Area, Need for More Extensive Coverage of the New EU Member States (226 KB)

Silgoner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q3/05
In & Out – A Country Comparison Reflecting on the Enlargement Round of 1995 (304 KB)

Pointner – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q2/05
Company Taxation in an Enlarged European Union (129 KB)

Köhler-Töglhofer, Schratzenstaller, Wagener – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q1/05
Economic Growth in Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom since the Start of Monetary Union (161 KB)

Moser, Pointner, Reitschuler – Monetary Policy and the Economy Q4/04
A Meta-Analysis of Business Cycle Correlations between the Euro Area, CEECs and SEECs – What Do We Know? (222 KB)

Fidrmuc, Korhonen – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/04
Equilibrium Exchange Rates in Southeastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine and Turkey: Healthy or (Dutch) Diseased? (402 KB)

Égert – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/04
Exchange Rate Developments and Fundamentals in Four EU Accession and Candidate Countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Turkey (223 KB)

Crespo-Cuaresma, Fidrmuc, Silgoner – Focus on European Economic Integration 2/04