Established 1927 Chairman Christoph Badelt Phone +43 1 79826010 Staff 120 | Focus Economic Research Website www.wifo.ac.at Founded 1927 Chairperson Christoph Badelt | |
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Mission to analyse economic developments Location Arsenal (Vienna) , Vienna, Austria Address Arsenal 20, 1030 Wien, Austria Founders Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises Similar Research Institute for Molecular, Bundesa Statistik Österreich, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Demokrat Wien, KMU Forschung Austria | ||
The Austrian Institute of Economic Research (German: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)) is a private non-profit association located in Vienna, Austria.
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The institute was founded in 1927 by Nobel Memorial Prize winner Friedrich August von Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. With a pool of around 120 people (40 economists) it is the largest economic research institute in Austria. The current director is Christoph Badelt who succeeded Karl Aiginger on 1st Sept. 2016. WIFO is a member of the "Association of European Conjuncture Institutes" (AIECE) and the "European Economic Research and Advisory Consortium" (ERECO) with partner institutions in Birmingham, Bologna, Cambridge, Madrid, Munich, Paris and Rotterdam. It has also established ties to institutes in the USA, Australia and Asia.
Research Activities
WIFO analyses national and international economic trends and supplies short- to medium-term economic forecasts. Together with studies on European integration, competitiveness and location of industries and services, these trends and forecasts provide the basis for economic policies and corporate strategies. Research activities are bundled in the following five departments:
WIFO's activities include commissioned research and consulting for domestic and international decision-making bodies, the European Commission, the OECD, major business and financial institutions. It has established an extensive information system of regularly updated economic statistics, including U.N. Foreign Trade Statistics, World Debt Tables of the World Bank, the IMF International Financial Statistics, OECD Main Economic Indicators, and OECD Economic Outlook. It also publishes journals, reports, newsletters, and periodicals.
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of WIFO is made up of Christoph Leitl (president of the Supervisory Board and of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber), Rudi Kaske (vice president; president of the Federal Chamber of Labour) and other representatives of its main carrier organisations and the Austrian political, economic and academic community.