Awards

The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) has established an award to commemorate Olga Radzyner, former Head of the OeNB’s Foreign Research Division, who died in a tragic accident in August 1999. The award is bestowed on young economists for excellent research on topics of European economic integration and is conferred annually. In 2012, four applicants are eligible to receive a single payment of EUR 3,000 each from an annual total of EUR 12,000.

For more information, please refer to the conditions for participation or contact Eva Gehringer-Wasserbauer in the Foreign Research Division of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

In previous years, the Olga Radzyner Award was bestowed on the following economists:

• Rraci Osman (Kosovo) for the paper „Foreign banks in transition economies and their impact on credit availability to firms and in particular to small firms“
• Tkalec Marina (Croatia) for the paper „The dynamics of deposit euroization in European post-transition countries: evidence from threshold VAR“
• Havrylchyk Olena (Ukraine) for the paper „The effect of foreign bank presence on firm entry and exit in transition economies“
• Biciunaite Audre, Lastauskas Povilas (Lithuania) for the paper „Integration Within System and Sub-system: Evidence from the Baltics“

• Bejtush Kicmari (Kosovo) for the paper "Determinants of foreign direct investment in South East Europen countries"

• Katarína Lukácsy (Slovakia) for the paper "Price Setting Mechanisms from the Perspective of the European Economic Integration"

• Marjan Petreski (FYR Macedonia) for the paper "An Overhaul of Doctrine: Has Inflation Targeting Opened New Era in Developing-country Peggers?"  

• Anna Watson (Poland) for the paper "The Impact of Trade Integration and Competition on Real and nomi nal Price Rigidities: Insights from a New-Keynesian DSGE Model"

• Tomas J. Havranek (Czech Republic) for the paper "Rose Effect and the Euro: Is the Magic Gone?"

• Daniel Hollo (Hungary) for the paper "Estimating Price Elasticities on the Hungarian Consumer Lending and Deposit Markets: Demand Effects and its Possible Consequences"

• Cecilia Hornok (Hungary) for the paper "Trade Without Borders: Trade Effect of the 2004 EU Enlargement"

• Aleksandra Parteka and Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz (Poland) for the paper "The Impact of Trade and Outsourcing on Skill-Specific Wage Convergence in the Integrating Europe"

• Jan Babecky (Czech Republic) for his paper "Trade Integration and Synchronization of Shocks"

• Gábor Békés (Hungary) for his paper "Location of Multinationals and Corporate Proximity: Evidence from Hungary"

• Sokol Havolli (Kosovo) for the paper "Determinants of Emigrant Earnings and Remittances: Evidence from Kosovo"

• Agnieszka Stazka (Poland) for her paper "Polen auf dem Weg zur Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion: Der flexible Wechselkurs als ein Instrument zur Absorption asymmetrischer Schocks"

• Béla Szörfi (Hungary) for his master’s thesis "Development and Regional Disparities"

• Jan Bruha and Jiri Podpiera (Czech Republic) for their paper "Transition Economy Convergence in a Two Country Model: Implications for Monetary Integration"

• Anna Lipinska (Poland) for her paper "The Maastricht Convergence Criteria and Optimal Monetary Policy for the EMU Accession Countries"

• Rosen Stoyanov Marinov (Bulgaria) for his paper "Competitive Pressure in Transition: A Role for Trade and Competition Policies?"

• Anna Naszodi (Hungary) for her study "Are the Exchange Rates of the EMU Accession Countries Anchored by their Expected Euro-Locking Rates?"

• Katja Zajc-Kejzar (Slovenia) for her study "Effects of Foreign Direct Investment on Industry Structure: A Host-Country Perspective"
• Marcin Kolasa (Poland) for his study "How Does FDI Inflow affect Productivity of Domestic Firms? The Role of Horizontal and Vertical Spill-Overs, Absorptive Capacity and Competition"
• Jaroslav Borovicka (Czech Republic) for his study "Banking Efficiency and Foreign Ownership in Transition: Is there an Evidence of a "Cream-Skimming" Effect?"

• Zsolt Darvas (Hungary) for his study "Monetary Transmission in the New Members of the EU: Evidence from Time-Varying Coefficient Structural VARs"
• Agnieszka Paulina Markiewicz (Poland) for her study "Choice of Exchange Rate Regime in Central and Eastern European Countries: An Empirical Analysis"
• Saso Polanec (Slovenia) for his study "Supply Side Mechanisms in Transition"

• Kristina Karagyozova (Bulgaria) for her study "The Bank Credit Market in  Bulgaria: Factors behind the Current Expansion and Implications for Financial Stability" 

• Tamara Bašic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for her study "What are the Costs and Benefits of Currency Boards"

• Rafal Kierzenkowski (Poland) for his study "The Multi-Regime Bank Lending Channel and the Effectiveness of the Polish Monetary Policy Transmission During Transition"  
• Márton Nagy and Csaba Móré (Hungary) for their study "Relationship between Market Structure and Bank Performance: Empirical Evidence for Central and Eastern Europe"  
• Adriana Lojschová (Slovakia) for her study "Estimating the Impact of the Balassa-Samuelson Effect in Transition Economies"  

• Vladimír Zlacký (Slovakia) for his study "Political Institutions and Pricing of Bonds on the International Markets"  

• Balázs Égert (Hungary) for his study "Reconsidering the Balassa-Samuelson Model as a Yardstick for Real Exchange Rate Determination in Transition Economies. A Tale from Central and Eastern Europe" 
• Mirsada Buric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for her study "FDI and its Impact on National Economy: A Cross-Country Comparative Analysis of CEECs, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia"