Karl Aiginger

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Karl Aiginger

Karl Aiginger (born October 23, 1948 in Vienna ) is an Austrian economic researcher . From 2005 to 2016 he was head of the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) , he is visiting professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and honorary professor at the University of Linz . Since 2016 he has been a member of the discussion forum "Querdenkerplattform: Vienna - Europe".

Life

He studied at the University of Vienna (1966–1974) and at Purdue University (Indiana, USA, 1978). He worked at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) between 1970 and 2016. Karl Aiginger is Professor of Economic Policy at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the University of Linz . He was visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, 1991) and at the University of California, Los Angeles (USA, 1997). He taught as a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (California, USA, 2002) and gave lectures at Changsha University (Hunan, China).

In September 2016, Christoph Badelt replaced Karl Aiginger as head of WIFO.

He is married and has two children.

Since 1966 he has been a member of the Catholic student association KaV Norica Wien in the ÖCV .

Work

Karl Aiginger's specialty is industrial economics, he also deals with the analysis of industrial policy, innovation, competitiveness of companies, international competition and the European economic and social model. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade (with Marcel Canoy) and was project leader of the competition reports of the European Commission Directorate Entrepreneurship and Industry. He evaluated the Finnish innovation system on behalf of the Government of Finland and conducted the evaluation system of the Austrian research promotion and financing on behalf of the Austrian government . He was a member of the supervisory board of the holding company of the Austrian nationalized companies (cf. nationalization in Austria ).

His work includes theoretical treatises on corporate decisions under uncertainty and treatises on policy-related assessments of the competitiveness of nations (for the European Commission and the OECD ). He wrote articles for the Advisory Council for Economic and Social Issues and the reform dialogue of the Austrian federal government. In recent years he has increasingly dealt with the causes and consequences of the financial crisis and economic-political strategies.

Between 2012 and 2016 he headed the research project "WWWforEurope - A New Growth Path for Europe". This was the largest socio-economic project in the 7th Research Framework Program of the EU . It was funded by the EU and coordinated by WIFO . It is a key scientific project accompanying the Europe 2020 strategy and is intended to provide the basis for a more dynamic, ecological and social society. The final report and the executive summary were presented in Brussels in February 2016. The European Parliament , the European Commission and the international media were the target groups for the final conference, in which Kenneth Arrow from Stanford University gave the opening speech.

honors and awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ lateral thinking platform: Vienna - Europe [1]
  2. ↑ Christoph Badelt takes office as the new WIFO director . Austrian Institute for Economic Research (WIFO) . Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2006, The European Economic and Social Model , WIFO Lectures, January 2006, Issue 97/2006
  4. ↑ Aiginger, K. and. A. Guger, 2006, The European Socio-Economic Model, in Giddens, A., Diamond, P., Liddle, R. (eds.), Global Europe, Social Europe, Polity Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, pp. 124-150
  5. ↑ Aiginger, K. and A. Guger, 2006, The Ability to Adapt: ​​Why It Differs between the Scandinavian and Continental European Models, Intereconomics, Review of European Economic Policy, Vol. 41, No. 1, January / February, pp. 14-23
  6. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2007, Copying with globalization and unemployment: new challenges for the European Model, Growth versus Security - Old and New EU Member's Quest for a New Economic and Social Model, Palgrave Macmillan
  7. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2008, The Swedish Economic Model: lessons to be learned ”, in Lacina, L., Fidrmuc, J., Rusek, A. (eds.) Economic Performance of European Union: Issues, Trends and Policies, Palgrave Macmillan: Economics, Business and Management Division, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
  8. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2000, Europe's position in quality Competition (PDF; 331 kB), European Commission, Enterprise Directorate-General, Enterprise DG Working Paper, Brussels
  9. ↑ System evaluation of the Austrian research funding
  10. ↑ Aiginger, K., 1987, Production and Decision under Uncertainty (PDF; 3.4 MB), habilitation thesis, Blackwell.
  11. ↑ See details on the reform dialogue of the Austrian federal government in the news article from January 29, 2001
  12. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2012, A Systemic Industrial Policy to Pave a New Growth Path for Europe , WIFO Working Papers, 421/2012
  13. ↑ Aiginger, K. and M. Schratzenstaller, 2011, Consolidating the Budget under Difficult Conditions, Ten Guidelines Viewed Against Europe's Beginning Consolidation Programs ", Intereconomics, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2011, pp. 36–42.
  14. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2010, The Great Recession versus the Great Depression: Stylized Facts on Siblings That Were Given Different Foster Parents, Economics, E-Journal, Vol. 4, 2010-18
  15. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2010, The socio-economic system of the USA: advantages, problems, development, in Neue Gesellschaft, Frankfurter Hefte, 10
  16. ↑ Aiginger, K., 2011, Why Growth Performance Differed across Countries in the Recent Crisis: the Impact of Pre-crisis Conditions, Review of Economics and Finance, No. 4th
  17. ↑ See press release on the project from February 28, 2012.
  18. ↑ See the Europe 2020 strategy website
  19. ^ Karl Aiginger: New Dynamics for Europe: Reaping the Benefits of Socio-ecological Transition. Synthesis WWWforEurope Synthesis Report, Vienna, Brussels . 2016.
  20. ↑ Kenneth Arrow's welcome address . Retrieved August 25, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Aiginger, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian economics
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna