The Institute of Economics, Zagreb has once again prepared and published its annual report. The 2012 Annual Report provides an overview of the activities, events and accomplishments achieved during the year. From this year's report: The research activities at the Institute of Economics, Zagreb were conducted under somewhat discouraging circumstances in 2012. Namely, changes to the legal and financing framework for scientific research were in the making. In addition, economic activity continued to fall...
Analysis of Public Expenditures for Monitoring the Success of Achieving Objectives in the Field of Combating Drug Abuse in the Republic of Croatia is a new book published by the Institute of Economics, Zagreb in cooperation with the Government Office for Combating Narcotic Drug Abuse. Its authors are distinguished EIZ researchers: Dr. Jelena Budak, Dr. Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović, Dr. Sunčana Slijepčević and Dr. Sandra Švaljek. The book is a result of a project conducted by the Institute of Economics, Zagreb for...
The Institute of Economics, Zagreb is organizing an international conference on The Role of Europe’s Industry in the 21st Century to be held in November 2013. The conference intends to bring together experts from academia, international institutions, central banks, government institutions and the private sector to discuss the future of industry in the European Union and South East Europe.
In March this year the CEIZ index registered negative values for the sixth time in a row and it declined 0.26 index points compared to last month. Since August 2008, the year-on-year changes have also been negative, although the latest data for March suggest a slight slowdown in the year-on-year decline. Even though the CEIZ index in February registered a moderate growth, total data for the first quarter indicate an additional slowdown of Croatian economy, compared to the last quarter 2012. Therefore, the decline of...
In the latest edition of Sector Analyses, Ivan-Damir Anić analyzes the main indicators for the retail sector in 2012 and the beginning of 2013. He also provides a comparison of the developments in the Croatian retail sector with EU countries. This edition of Sector Analyses also brings an overview of the leading Croatian companies in the sector as well as forecasts for 2013 and 2014.