Over the years, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research has been called upon to respond to a constantly changing brief. After 1980, the economic policy system had to be adapted to a newly opened macroeconomy and the liberalisation of international capital markets. The rising complexity of...

The quasi-global sovereign debt crisis is currently the focus of the political debate and of media attention. The origins of the crisis have long been considered too narrowly, with often one-dimensional solutions being proposed. A somewhat more comprehensive approach was first adopted at the EU...

Umfragen zeigen, dass die Österreicher mit ihrem Leben relativ wenig zufrieden sind: Nur Portugiesen, Italiener, Griechen, Spanier und Franzosen fühlten sich in der letzten europaweiten (jetzt veröffentlichten) Umfrage im Frühsommer unzufriedener. Besonders hoch – und zwar weit mehr als...