In this paper we challenge the traditional labour market view, which argues that unemployment is determined in the long-term by its equilibrium rate, which in turn is affected by permanent shocks of some exogenous variables. In our empirical approach we decompose the dynamics of employment and...

In this paper we describe the EAR (regional economic accessibility) model to investigate the impact of the improvement of railroad infrastructure on regional GDP, population and firms growth in 99 Austrian regions. We evaluate the impact of four potential railroad infrastructure investment...

Die Einführung des Euro stellt eine wesentliche Änderung der geldpolitischen Rahmenbedingungen einer Anzahl europäischer Ökonomien dar. Dies bewirkt eine Veränderung des Verhaltens von Wirt-schaftssubjekten. Daraus ergeben sich zwei Fragen: Wie rasch passen sich Wirtschaftssubjekte in...