At a time of an externally induced economic downturn regional disparities in Austria's economic development declined markedly. Though the paths of the various economic sectors diverge the opposing trends offset each other to a great extent within the various regions.

Economic activity tends to exhibit a more uniform pattern in an international recession than during an upswing. In 1993, GDP growth rates by provinces were within the range of 1 percentage point (Austria total, excluding agriculture and forestry ±0.0 percent). The only exception was the...

The fundamental changes that have occurred in Western and Eastern Europe during the last few years have intensified the competition between the European urban regions. The Austrian Institute of Economic Research has tried to pinpoint Vienna's competitive advantages and, on the basis of these...

Economic activity is relatively little differentiated by provinces, but shows a clear pattern by major regions. The West (–1.0 percent) suffered more from the global recession than the East (–0.4 percent), with positive growth in the Burgenland. The South is in a serious crisis, especially...

The economic recovery in Austria is well under way. Signs that economic activity has picked up can also be found at the regional level. None of the major regions has lagged behind; even in the Southeast, where in previous business cycles the rebound came at a late stage, demand has firmed up...

With the weakening of economic activity in Austria, the regional disparities in economic growth have remained small for the second consecutive year. The regional development was characterised by structural problems in energy and wage intensive manufacturing branches. Manufacturing output dropped...

The effect of eastern enlargement will vary greatly between sectors of the Austrian economy, not least due to the current framework of trade policies. Trading with industrial products simply continues or completes the progress made by the process of liberalisation. Trends visible since the...

The "Centrope – Middle European Region" was established in 2003 by representatives of the cities and regions of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, West Transdanubia, Bratislava, Western Slovakia, and South Moravia. As an institutional framework for cross-border cooperation, it is supposed to...

The continuation of the upswing accentuated the growth differentials among the Austrian provinces in 1990. In contrast to earlier cycles, in 1990 the Eastern parts of Austria were favoured by the late phase of the boom and economic growth was higher than in the West.

Die Intensivierung des Außenhandels im europäischen Integrationsprozeß verändert die räumliche Wirtschaftsstruktur Österreichs nachhaltig. Zunehmender inter-industrieller Handel schwächt einseitig strukturierte Regionen mit komparativen Standortnachteilen (Schwerindustriegebiete und...