This study analyses the extent of fiscal risk sharing and redistribution for Austria from 2000 to 2019. Overall, fiscal policy smooths about one tenth of regional GDP shocks. While this is primarily driven by the federal budget and social security funds, there is also a significant contribution...

Die im Maastricht-Vertrag festgelegten Konvergenzkriterien sowie die gegenwärtig in der EU-Kommission diskutierten Zielvorstellungen eines generellen Budgetausgleichs stellen finanzpolitische Restriktionen für alle EU-Mitgliedstaaten und ihre Gebietskörperschaften dar. Insbesondere machen sie...

This study of Austria's fiscal framework discusses positive aspects and weaknesses of recent reforms in intergovernmental fiscal relations by analysing from a backward and forward looking perspective some of the factors driving subnational fiscal performance. Looking back, transfer dependency...