Faced with an economic slowdown, the Austria federal government implemented two economic stimulus packages in 2001 and 2002 respectively. These packages provide for additional public expenditure, most of which has been advanced by one or two years, particularly with regard to public...

These days most infrastructure investment is no longer carried out by governments, but by the private sector or off-budget public corporations. This makes it harder to capture overall infrastructure investment, which plays a major role in stimulating growth and employment, as well as enhancing a...