This report presents results from the fourth wave of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey in Austria. After briefly outlining wave-specific issues due to the fieldwork done during times of COVID-19, we report on the state of Austrian households' balance sheets with a focus on...

We uncover technological standardization as a microeconomic mechanism which is vital for the implementation of new technologies, in particular general purpose technologies. The interdependencies of these technologies require common rules (“standardization”) to ensure compatibility. Using...