In its recent investment survey, WIFO asked approximately 3,000 firms of the manufacturing sector, the construction sector and the energy sector about recent capital expenditure and plans for future investments, the development of sales, as well as their business expectations.

WIFO has recently developed important steps towards a new multi-sectoral macroeconomic model which is based on previous research during the 1980's. New essential features comprise the inclusion of a recent provisional input-output table 1988, the elaboration of a price model and the consistent...

This paper presents the results of the second stage in building a model for sectoral forecasts, an input-output model (I-O Model) that is fully compatible with the WIFO Macro Model. The first stage was completed one year ago, and the following changes were then implemented: the data base of the...

The recent survey of 2,500 enterprises in manufacturing, construction and public utilities conducted by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research in collaboration with the EU (Directorate-General II-4) reveals that enterprises in these sectors plan to invest substantially in 1996. The lively...

For the third time in a row, WIFO presents a series of key indicators designed to provide transparent and easily accessible information on issues of climate change, energy use and economic performance in Austria. In doing so, WIFO emphasises the need to decarbonise the energy system in order to...

International institutions concerned with the concepts of national accounts (the UN and the Statistical Office of the EU) as well as the statistical offices of many industrialized and developing countries have begun to construct a system of ecological national accounts. In general two main lines...

The economic analysis of sustainable consumption structures concentrates on the extent to which it is possible and recommendable to foster substitution of flows by stocks (improving the thermal quality of buildings, more energy-efficient transport systems). Also of relevance is the role that...

According to the latest WIFO business survey carried out in cooperation with the EU among 2,700 firms in the manufacturing sector, capital formation by the construction industries and public utilities makes a significant contribution to the recovery, even though it is less dynamic than in the...

Recently, several scientific investigations have been carried out in Austria on the potential of biomass as a renewable resource for the energy sector. Most of these studies look at this domestic biomass potential from a natural-science and technological perspective. In contrast to these, the...