EcoAustria

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Eco Austria - Institute for Economic Research is an economic research institute founded in 2011 with headquarters in Vienna . In particular, the institute evaluates economic and social policy measures on a national and international level. The aim of the institute is to use evidence-based economic research to provide a basis for decisions in politics and business as well as for a scientifically sound public debate.

History, organization and funding

The institute was founded in 2011 with the support of the Federation of Industrialists (IV) in the legal form of a non-profit association. The Federation of Industrialists initially contributed 300,000 euros to the annual budget, which was subsequently melted down according to the financing plan. The Federal Ministry of Finance and Enterprises is now also contributing to the basic financing, which accounts for almost 40 percent of the company's income. The research institute generates more than 60 percent of the annual budget through competitively allocated research funds, e.g. B. from the anniversary fund of the Austrian National Bank, and through contract research, especially in the public interest. The clients include federal ministries, state governments and the European Commission.

The establishment caused a certain sensation because there is another economic research institute besides WIFO and IHS. In particular , there were disagreements between WIFO and the then President of the Federation of Industrialists, Veit Sorger . Sorger cut WIFO's financial contribution from the Federation of Industrialists from EUR 250,000 to EUR 100,000 annually and founded another institute, EcoAustria.

The research institute was headed from 2017 to May 2020 by Tobias Thomas , who subsequently became the head of statistics at Statistics Austria . The first director of the institute was Ulrich Schuh, who moved to the Federal Ministry for Digitization and Business Location at the end of 2016.

The honorary president of the association is Karl Sevelda , former CEO of Raiffeisen Bank International. Sevelda succeeded Josef Moser in 2017 after he took over the office of Federal Minister for Constitution, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice of the Republic of Austria . The founding president of EcoAustria was Gabriele Zuna-Kratky , General Director of the Technisches Museum Wien.

Research priorities

The EcoAustria research program focuses in particular on the ex-ante and ex-post evaluation of economic and social policy measures at national and international level. For this purpose, the institute uses various methods of economics, which in particular include the general dynamic equilibrium model PuMA ("Public Policy Model for Austria and other European countries") from EcoAustria, a generation account model, efficiency and impact analyzes, as well as econometrically estimated regional and foreign trade models.

Publications

The results of EcoAustria's research are repeatedly picked up by the media, for example on the current edge on the economic and fiscal consequences of migration , the sustainability of public finances, care financing, the foreign trade conflict between Donald Trump and the rest of the world and too the economic and fiscal effects of the northern motorway .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ format.at - The opinion makers' sponsors ( Memento from February 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated December 5, 2014, accessed February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ Kurier - think tank of millionaires - companies and wealthy private individuals can afford a liberal institute . Article from January 27, 2013, accessed on February 7, 2015.
  3. ^ Hanna Kordik, Franz Schellhorn: Eco Austria: Competition for Wifo and IHS. In: The press online. September 6, 2011, accessed April 16, 2012 .
  4. ^ Anna Offner: Eco Austria: IHS and Wifo fear no competition. In: WirtschaftsBlatt online. November 4, 2011, archived from the original on November 7, 2011 ; Retrieved April 16, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Herbert Hutar: The highly political role of the apolitical economic researchers. In addition to Wifo and IHS, the “EcoAustria” institute, which is supported by industry funds, is also involved. In: wienerzeitung.at. Wiener Zeitung , March 8, 2012, accessed on April 25, 2012 .
  6. ↑ orf.at - Ex-RH boss Moser new President of EcoAustria . Article dated October 4, 2016, accessed October 4, 2016.
  7. ^ Hanna Kordik: Minister Josef Moser leaves the economic research institute Eco Austria. In: The press. January 22, 2018, accessed January 22, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Study: Without immigration, pensions would have to be cut massively in the future - derStandard.at. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Immigration: Study sees positive overall effect for the national budget . ( kurier.at [accessed October 15, 2018]).
  10. ^ Future generations burdened by the mountain of Austrian debt. In: derStandard.at. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Financing of care is on shaky ground. In: derStandard.at. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Europe has good reasons to fear Trump's punitive tariffs. In: derStandard.at. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Nordautobahn stimulates the economy . January 10, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed October 15, 2018]).