In der vorliegenden Policy Note Nr. 5 werden die Ergebnisse des Anfang Juli vorgestellten "Schulden-Checks" dargestellt und erläutert. EcoAustria hat mit dem "Schulden-Check" ein Modell entwickelt, das Auskunft über die Nachhaltigkeit der öffentlichen Haushalte in Österreich gibt. Die...

We test several hypotheses concerning the growth of public expenditure by the Austrian monarchy between 1870 and 1913 in relation to Wagner's law, as well as the impact of increasing public indebtedness and the expanding role of the Imperial Council towards the end of the analyzed period, using...

In this paper, we analyze the development of public consumption expenditure in Austria starting in the 1940s. We focus our attention on two hypotheses as to why public consumption expenditure has been constantly increasing: Wagner's law and Baumol's cost disease. The estimated income elasticity...