Microsimulation models allow targeted simulations to analyze the impacts of alternative policies, measures, scenarios based on microunits like persons, families, households, firms etc. Meanwhile it is out of question that microsimulation models are a helpful, successful and an imperative...

Microsimulation models allow targeted simulations to analyze the impacts of alternative policies, measures, scenarios based on microunits like persons, families, households, firms etc. Meanwhile it is out of question that microsimulation models are a helpful, successful and an imperative...

Regional accents have shifted over the extended cyclical boom of the last three years. While in 1988 and 1989 the Western provinces were the major beneficiaries of strong demand from Germany, the "Eastern region" (Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland) managed to catch up in 1990. Activity in that...

During most of the eighties the individual demand sectors expanded relatively evenly. This is true of domestic as well as foreign demand. This evenness led to quite similar growth rates of the individual states' economies. During 1988 and 1989, differences become more marked, however. The...