In 2000, Austria's economy recorded brisk growth rates, with relatively minor regional variations. It was mainly export manufacturing which profited from international economic growth, but manufacturing services saw a similarly hefty expansion. In each of the Austrian Länder (Federal states),...

Economic activity tends to exhibit a more uniform pattern in an international recession than during an upswing. In 1993, GDP growth rates by provinces were within the range of 1 percentage point (Austria total, excluding agriculture and forestry ±0.0 percent). The only exception was the...