Current Positions

  • Director of the Policy Crossover Center: Vienna – Europe
  • Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Founding Editor of the Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade (JICT)
  • Emeritus Consultant at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Personal Data

  • Born: October 23rd 1948, Vienna
  • Married to Elsa Aiginger
  • Children: Thomas (*1979), Philipp (*1984)

Education

  • Economics at the University of Vienna (1966-1970)
  • Dissertation: Entrepreneurial Decision Making (1974)
  • Purdue University, Indiana, USA (1978)
  • Habilitation: Production Theory under Uncertainty (1984)

Employment Record

  • Economist at WIFO (1970-2016)
  • Visiting and Teaching Professor at Stanford University, CA, USA (1982, 2002)
  • Visiting Professor at MIT, Boston, Mass., USA (1991)
  • Visiting Professor at UCLA, Cal., USA (1997)
  • Supervising Board of OIAG (Holding Company of industrial firms) (1993-2000)
  • WIFO director from 2005 to 2016

Key areas of research

  • European and national economic strategy and policy
  • Climate policy
  • Industrial organization and industrial policy
  • Competitiveness of industries, regions and nations
  • Deep crises: financial, Euro, Corona

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