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Mario Holzner Economist e-mail: holzner@wiiw.ac.at Phone: (+43-1) 533 66 10-28 Albania; Southeast Europe; income distribution and inequality; foreign trade; shadow economy; webmaster of the Balkan Observatory website |
External Publications
Articles in refereed journals
- 'Tourism and economic development: The beach disease?', Tourism Management, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2011, pp. 922-933
- 'Determinants of Kosovo Trade: A Gravity Model Approach' (with E. Kutllovci and F. Peci), South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 5, No.2, 2010, pp. 33-41
- 'Economic Inequality in Central, East and Southeast Europe' (with Sebastian Leitner), Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2008, pp. 155-88
- 'GSIM Measurement of the Effects of the EU accession of the Balkans and Turkey on Agricultural Trade', The South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Vol.3, No.1, 2008, pp. 7-14
- 'Book Review of 'The Successes and Failures of Economic Transition. The European Experience' by Gabrisch, H., Hölscher, J.', Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies, Vol.4, No.2, 2007, pp. 377-378
Articles in books
- 'Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: Effects of WTO Accession in the Medium and Long Run' (with Vasily Astrov, Olga Pindyuk and Julia Wörz), in: Ruslan Grinberg, Peter Havlik and Oleh Havrylyshyn (eds), Economic Restructuring and Integration in Eastern Europe. Experiences and Policy implications, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2008, pp. 377-396
- 'Prospects for further (South-)Eastern EU enlargement: from divergence to convergence?' (with Vladimir Gligorov and Michael Landesmann), in: Michael Landesmann and Dariusz Rosati (eds), Shaping the New Europe: Economic Policy Challenges of European Union Enlargement, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp. 315-345
- 'Südosteuropäische Länder (SOEL)', in: Wilfried Altzinger (ed), Austrian Foreign Trade Yearbook 2003/04, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour, Vienna, 2004, pp. 30-32
- 'Südosteuropäische Länder (SOEL)', in: Christian Bellak (ed), Austrian Foreign Trade Yearbook 2002/03, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour, Vienna, 2003, pp. 26-27
Articles in non-refereed journals
- 'Stabilisierung des verhaltenen Aufschwungs in den MOEL' (with Vasily Astrov and Sebastian Leitner), WIFO Monatsbericht, Vol. 84, No. 5, 2011, pp. 361-373
- 'Infrastructural needs and economic development in south-eastern Europe: the case of rail and road transport infrastructure' (with Edward Christie and Vladimir Gligorov), SEER - South-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs, No. 01/2006, 2006, pp. 15-50
Shorter papers and comments
- 'Modelling the Effects of Trade Policy and the Transmission Mechanisms of the Economic Crisis on the Austrian Economy' (with Joseph F. Francois and Olga Pindyuk), FIW Research Reports 2010/2011, No. 6, Vienna, 2011
- 'Freihandelsabkommen funktionieren', Aussenwirtschaft, Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag, Sonderheft EU-Beitritt, 2006, pp. 32-34
Other working papers and discussion series
- 'Inequality, growth and public spending in Central, East and Southeast Europe', ECINEQ Working Paper Series, No. 221, 2011
http://www.ecineq.org/milano/WP/ECINEQ2011-221.pdf - 'Austria 2020: The Impact of Medium-Term Global Trends on the Austrian Economy' (with Edward Christie, Joseph F. Francois, Sebastian Leitner and Olga Pindyuk), FIW Research Reports 2009/2010, No. 4, Vienna, 2009
- 'Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: Effects of WTO Accession in the Medium and Long Run' (with Vasily Astrov, Olga Pindyuk and Julia Wörz), The Industrial Restructuring in the NMS: Experience and Lessons for NIS, May 2007
- 'The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the Restructuring of the Metal Processing Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina' (with Gabor Hunya, G. Nedic and Waltraut Urban), OECD Investment Compact for South East Europe, May 2007
- 'Infrastructural Needs & Economic Development in Southeastern Europe - The Case of Rail and Road Transport Infrastructure' (with Edward Christie and Vladimir Gligorov), IBEU Working Paper, No. 4.3, November 2004
- 'Illegal Trade in South East Europe' (with Vladimir Gligorov), IBEU Working Paper, No. 3.5, November 2004
wiiw Publications
wiiw Monthly Reports
- 'The impact of customs procedures on business performance: evidence from Kosovo' (with F. Peci), in: Leon Podkaminer (ed), Monthly Report No. 1/2012, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 1, Vienna, January 2012, pp. 12-16
- 'Albania: candidate? not yet', in: Leon Podkaminer (ed), Monthly Report No. 11/2011, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 11, Vienna, November 2011, pp. 1-3
- 'A note on social indicators for MENA and transition countries', in: Leon Podkaminer (ed), Monthly Report No. 8-9/2011, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 8-9, Vienna, August-September 2011, pp. 6 7
- 'Albania: agnostic growth forecast', in: Leon Podkaminer (ed), Monthly Report No. 11/2010, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 11, Vienna, October 2010, pp. 1-2
- 'Exchange market pressure contagion in CESEE', Monthly Report No. 8-9/2010, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 8-9, Vienna, August-September 2010, pp. 8-12
- 'Albania: good quarters, bad quarters', Monthly Report No. 12/2009, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2009, pp. 1-3
- 'Albania: the importance of being aside', Monthly Report No. 12/2008, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2008, pp. 1-3
- 'Selected economic impacts of higher oil prices' (with Edward Christie and Gábor Pellényi), in: Leon Podkaminer (ed), Monthly Report No. 4/2008, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 4, Vienna, April 2008, pp. 12-19
- 'Albania: misty growth rates', Monthly Report No. 12/2007, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2007, pp. 1-3
- 'Albania: 1 euro', Monthly Report No. 12/2006, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, November 2006, pp. 3-5
- 'Albania: new government, old shortages', Monthly Report No. 12/2005, wiiw Monthly Report, Vienna, pp. 4-5
- 'Balkan Free Trade Agreements seem to work', Monthly Report No. 8-9/2005, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 8-9, Vienna, August/September 2005, pp. 13-18
- 'Albania: integrating into the Balkans', Monthly Report No. 12/2004, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 12, Vienna, December 2004, pp. 4-5
- 'Household tax compliance in Central, East and Southeast Europe' (with Edward Christie), Monthly Report 5/2004, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 5, Vienna, May 2004, pp. 7-13
- 'The dark side of the Balkans (the shadow economy in Southeastern Europe)' (with Edward Christie), Monthly Report 08-09/2003, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 8-9, Vienna, August/September 2003, pp. 1-9
- 'Kosovo: a protectorate's economy', Monthly Report 01/2003, wiiw Monthly Report, No. 1, Vienna, January 2003, pp. 9-18
wiiw Research Reports
- 'Western Balkans: Employment in the Gas and Electricity Sectors ' (with Vasily Astrov, Edward Christie, Doris Hanzl-Weiss, Sebastian Leitner, Waltraut Urban and Hermine Vidovic), wiiw Research Report, No. 370, Vienna, March 2011
- 'Inequality in Croatia in Comparison' (with Sebastian Leitner), wiiw Research Report, No. 355, Vienna, June 2009
- 'Economic and Trade Policy Impacts of Sustained High Oil Prices' (with Edward Christie), wiiw Research Report, No. 346, Vienna, April 2008
- 'Household Tax Compliance in Albania' (with Edward Christie), wiiw Research Report, No. 316, Vienna, April 2005
- 'Prospects for Further (South-) Eastern EU Enlargement: from Divergence to Convergence?' (with Vladimir Gligorov and Michael Landesmann), wiiw Research Report, No. 296, Vienna, June 2003
- 'Albania: becoming a flat tax country', High Growth Continues, with Risks of Overheating on the Horizon, wiiw Research Report, No. 341, Vienna, July 2007, pp. 93-95
- 'Albania: periodic evils', Private Consumption and Flourishing Exports Keep the Region on High Growth Track, wiiw Research Report, No. 335, Vienna, February 2007, pp. 85-87
- 'Albania: SAA signed', Broader-based Growth Resilient to Global Uncertainties, wiiw Research Report, No. 328, Vienna, July 2006, pp. 79-81
- 'Albania: power issues', Strong Growth, Driven by Exports in the NMS and by Consumption in the Future EU Members, wiiw Research Report, No. 325, Vienna, February 2006, pp. 63-65
- 'Albania: key elections', Back from the Peak, Growth in Transition Countries Returns to Standard Rate of Catching-up, wiiw Research Report, No. 320, Vienna, July 2005, pp. 80-82
- 'Albania: SAA 2005? EU 2014?', Accelerating GDP Growth, Improved Prospects for European Integration, wiiw Research Report, No. 314, Vienna, March 2005, pp. 91-93
- 'Albania: conditional growth', As East You Go, the More They Grow: Transition Economies in a New Setting, wiiw Research Report, No. 308, Vienna, July 2004, pp. 85-87
- 'Bosnia and Herzegovina: the EU, 1 state, 1 republic & 1 federation', As East You Go, the More They Grow: Transition Economies in a New Setting, wiiw Research Report, No. 308, Vienna, July 2004, pp. 83-85
wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts
- 'Albania: Adolescent development', Recovery: Limp and Battered, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 8, Vienna, July 2011, pp. 101-103
- 'Debt dynamics, flow of funds and deleveraging: a CEE–GIPS comparison' (with Vladimir Gligorov, Michael Landesmann and Roman Römisch), Recovery: Limp and Battered, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 8, Vienna, July 2011, pp. 30-49
- 'Albania: Something is rotten', in: Peter Havlik (ed), Recovery - in Low Gear across Tough Terrain, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 7, Vienna, March 2011, pp. 88-90
- 'Albania: Rainfall export growth', in: Vasily Astrov and Mario Holzner (eds), Will Exports Prevail over Austerity?, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 6, Vienna, July 2010, pp. 110-112
- 'Albania: Part of a Greek tragedy?', in: Josef Pöschl and Sandor Richter (eds), Crisis Is Over, but Problems Loom Ahead, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 5, Vienna, February 2010
- 'Albania: you too my son?', in: Sandor Richter (ed), Where Have All the Shooting Stars Gone?, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 4, Vienna, July 2009, pp. 88-90
- 'Albania: the one-eyed king', Differentiated Impact of the Global Crisis, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 3, Vienna, February 2009, pp. 71-73
- 'Albania: on the verge of the inflation target', The Big Boom Is Over, but Growth Remains Strong and Inflation Calms Down, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 2, Vienna, July 2008, pp. 91-93
- 'The countries of Southeast Europe: Home grown growth continues, despite international and national(ist) risks', Weathering the Global Storm, yet Rising Costs and Labour Shortages May Dampen Domestic Growth, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 1, Vienna, February 2008, pp. 55-66
- 'Albania: resource blessing', Weathering the Global Storm, yet Rising Costs and Labour Shortages May Dampen Domestic Growth, wiiw Current Analyses and Forecasts, No. 1, Vienna, February 2008, pp. 67-68
wiiw Working Papers
- 'The Impact of Customs Procedures on Business Performance: Evidence from Kosovo' (with F. Peci), wiiw Working Paper, No. 76, Vienna, August 2011
- 'Inequality, Growth and Public Spending in Central, East and Southeast Europe', wiiw Working Paper, No. 71, Vienna, October 2010
- 'Tourism and Economic Development: the Beach Disease?', wiiw Working Paper, No. 66, Vienna, June 2010
- 'What Explains Tax Evasion? An Empirical Assessment based on European Data' (with Edward Christie), wiiw Working Paper, No. 40, Vienna, June 2006
