WIFO continues, in the present paper, its report on key indicators of climate change and energy use in Austria with data for the year 2009. The indicators thus mirror the impact of the economic crisis 2008-09 on greenhouse gas emissions, and the use and consumption of energy. The...

The economic crisis has had a negative effect on the state of the public budgets. Consolidation measures and the slow recovery of the economy will continue to influence the budget until 2014. However, an increase in public spending on innovation and education is possible in principle, despite...

On the 26th of June 2003 an agreement was reached by farm ministers to reform the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU. Decoupling direct payments from farm output and the reduction of administrative prices are core elements of this reform. The goals of the reform are less output of cereals,...

Prices for major farm commodities have undergone a substantial rise since 2002, driven up by growing demand as well as increasing energy prices. For the next years, prices for agricultural produce are expected to remain substantially above the level they had attained the start of the decade.

The study on the environment industry in Austria, based on primary statistics on the production of environmental goods and services, covers the core segments of the environment industry and comprises end-of-pipe technologies as well as essential parts of clean technologies and products. By...

Austria has committed itself to reducing its greenhouse gas emission by 13 percent below 1990 levels in order to meet the Kyoto targets. Incentive-based instruments, such as the trade with emission permits, could make a contribution towards achieving the overall goal of protecting the climate....

On the basis of its model of energy demand and energy conversion in Austria (DAEDALUS III), WIFO simulated three scenarios to establish a long-term forecast of the development of energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The baseline scenario assumes a continuation of current developments, while the...

With the Austrian economy becoming more integrated into Eastern Central Europe, manufacturing steps are being shifted to Eastern Europe (outsourcing or "fragmentation"), following the intermediate step of lower costs payable for imported materials and services. Outsourcing impacts directly and...

Cross-border purchases are a normal feature of market economies. The magnitude of these purchases depends on economic factors (such as price differentials), administrative factors (such as import quotas), and on a variety of other factors (such as geographic constellations). Within the EU the...