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Public services and liveability in European cities in comparison

Holzner, Mario; Römisch, Roman - 2021

A high level of public services in housing, transport, education and health care is essential for liveability in urban centres, as shown in this report, with the help of European data for large cities. Inhabitants of larger cities, where the housing market is heavily commercialised in terms of...

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How to spend it : a proposal for a European Covid-19 recovery programme

Creel, Jérôme; Holzner, Mario; Saraceno, Francesco; … - 2020

The Recovery Fund recently proposed by the EU Commission marks a sea-change in European integration. Yet it will not be enough to meet the challenges Europe faces. There has been much public debate about financing, but little about the sort of concrete projects that the EU should be putting...

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Policy options for competitiveness and economic development in the Western Balkans : the case for infrastructure investment

Holzner, Mario - 2016

The Western Balkans are a region with a substantial economic catch-up potential. Compared to other European economies these countries are either poor or very poor. Structural underdevelopment and low competitiveness impede the catch-up process. Mass unemployment and a huge trade deficit indicate...

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A stronger CEE for a stronger Europe

Wieser, Thomas; Grieveson, Richard; Holzner, Mario - 2024

the successful convergence process of those countries, not least thanks to their integration into European and global …; promotion of regional cooperation in areas such as withholding tax, convergence of rules on accounting and stock exchanges in … activities; education and training programs for sectors where wage convergence has made most progress, including promotion of …

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RRF 2.0 : a permanent EU investment fund in the context of the energy crisis, climate change and EU fiscal rules

Heimberger, Philipp; Lichtenberger, Andreas - 2023

While climate change has long called for a green shift in our economies, the current energy crisis leads to an increased urgency when it comes to transforming the energy and transportation systems. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which was adopted to support recovery from the...

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Öffentliche Investitionen und Sozialstaat : Perspektiven der Budgetpolitik im Kontext von Energiekrise, Klimawandel und EU-Budgetregeln

Heimberger, Philipp - 2023

Im Kontext der Energiekrise und des Klimawandels ist in den kommenden Jahrzehnten eine erhebliche Ausweitung der öffentlichen Investitionen erforderlich. Für Österreich sind bis zum Jahr 2030 die Erfordernisse für öffentliche Investitionen zur Erreichung der Klima- und Energieziele gemäß...

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Productivity and competitiveness of the Western Balkan countries : an analysis based on the wiiw Western Balkan Productivity Database

Reiter, Oliver; Schwarzhappel, Monika; Stehrer, Robert - 2020

This policy brief provides results regarding productivity levels and dynamics in the Western Balkan countries in a comparative perspective, drawing on the newly established wiiw Western Balkan Productivity Database. The database provides time series of value added, gross output and intermediate...

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Antworten auf die Krisen - auf EU-, nationaler und kommunaler Ebene investieren oder sparen? : Rolle und Bedeutung öffentlicher Investitionen in Infrastruktur und Daseinsvorsorge

Moshammer, Bernhard; Heimberger, Philipp; Holzner, Mario - 2022

Wie sollte die Wirtschaftspolitik im Lichte der Covid-19-Krise, dem Krieg in der Ukraine sowie den laufenden Sanktionen gegen Russland neben weiteren strukturellen Herausforderungen in den kommenden Jahren ausgerichtet werden? Schon vor Ausbruch der Covid-19-Krise gab es einen Paradigmenwechsel...

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Elusive development in the Balkans : research findings

Gligorov, Vladimir - 2016

Research findings of the latest round of the wiiw-GDN project on development in the Balkans are surveyed. Historical and structural deficiencies of development in the Balkan countries are discussed in detail with emphasis of the role of investment, integration, and structural and policy...

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Can we justify EU Cohesion Policy?

Römisch, Roman - 2020

This paper asks whether we can, from an economic point of view, justify the EU Cohesion Policy. To this end, our research - using structural equation modelling, macro-economic modelling and regional inputoutput analysis - found a) positive dynamic effects of Cohesion Policy on regional growth,...

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