Klaus S. Friesenbichler, Christian Glocker, Werner Hölzl, Serguei Kaniovski, Agnes Kügler, Andreas Reinstaller, Gerhard Streicher (WIFO), Iulia Siedschlag, Mattia Di Ubaldo, Zuzanna Studnicka (ESRI), Robert Stehrer, Roman Stöllinger, Sandra Leitner, Doris Hanzl-Weiss, Oliver Reiter, Amat Adarov, Alexandra Bykova (wiiw)
Drivers and Obstacles to Competitiveness in the EU. The Role of Value Chains and the Single Market
Studien, Dezember 2017, 367 Seiten
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Economic and Social Research Institute – Wiener Institut für internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche
Online seit: 08.01.2018 0:00
 
This report offers an extensive analysis of the effects of the EU Single Market. It sheds light on four interrelated aspects: It first reveals the asymmetric economic performance across member countries, which also mirrors structural differences. These differences in economic outcomes are next confronted with measures of the Single Market, economic institutions, changes in demand patterns, industrial turbulence and producer price developments. Next, the changes in value chains are tracked over time, and also put into a global perspective. Eventually, firm level evidence complements the findings. The results are highly relevant for economic policies at the member country and the EU level.
Keywords:TP_Europa_Wettbewerb TP_Wettbewerbsfaehigkeit_Aussenwirtschaft
Forschungsbereich:Industrie-, Innovations- und internationale Ökonomie – Makroökonomie und öffentliche Finanzen – Regionalökonomie und räumliche Analyse
Sprache:Englisch

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Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Abgeschlossen: 2018
Slow post-crisis TFP growth is a significant policy challenge for many European countries in general and for Hungary in particular. This report aims at providing a comprehensive analysis of the processes behind productivity growth slowdown in Hungary based on micro-data from administrative sources between 2001 and 2016. In particular, the report aims to contribute to four ongoing debates. First, it attempts to document the productivity growth slowdown in detail to uncover potential sources of heterogeneity. Besides documenting differences across industries, it also makes an effort to identify how the whole shape of the productivity distribution evolved along different dimensions. A focus on the whole distribution is motivated, i.a., by recent findings that in many countries productivity slowdown has resulted from a combination of healthy productivity growth of frontier firms coupled with an increasing gap between frontier and non-frontier firms. Interestingly, this does not seem to be the case in Hungary, where frontier firm productivity growth has actually been similar to or slower than that of other firms. Understanding the exact detail of this phenomenon is of much interest given that slow frontier firm productivity growth necessitates different policies from those that intend to close the gap between frontier and non-frontier firms. The second overarching question, related to frontier and non-frontier firms, is the idea of the so-called duality in Hungary. The concept of duality emphasises the large differences in terms of productivity and wages between globally oriented, often foreign-owned, large firms and the rest of the economy. The third group of questions relates to how efficiently resources are allocated across firms. Finally, the report is interested in the extent to which sectors and industries differ in terms of productivity and firm dynamics.
Augusto Medina, Audry Maulana, Douglas Thompson, Nishant Shandilya, Samuel Almeida (SPI), Aki Aapaoja, Matti Kutila (VTT), Erik Merkus, Koen Vervoort (ECORYS)
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação – Technical Research Centre of Finland – ECORYS Holding BV
Online seit: 19.07.2017 0:00
The study provides a clearer picture of the EU's current position compared to its third country counterparts in the connected and automated driving (C&AD) sector. It analyses the strategies, funding programmes, standards, regulations and value chains for C&AD in the selected countries. It aimed to review and analyse C&AD technologies and to assess the effectiveness of existing EU support measures for the sector. Based on a comparative analysis of public support measures, programmes and regulations put in place in the USA, Japan, South Korea, China and the EU, we assess the technological and commercialisation readiness level of automated and connected driving and the effectiveness of instruments available for supporting the development of C&AD.
Abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Abgeschlossen: 2017
The study serves as a background document for the European Commission and is conducted in close cooperation with the ZEW Mannheim. The main tasks are to define the concept of competitiveness at the micro, meso, and macro levels of economic activity, to establish a set of indicators that is suitable for comparing the competitive performance of EU countries, to develop a systematic grid of indicators and policy objectives, and to determine the strengths and weaknesses of commonly used indicators, including their associated measurement problems or biases.
Abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Economic and Social Research Institute – Wiener Institut für internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Abgeschlossen: 2017
This report offers an extensive analysis of the effects of the completion of the EU Single Market. It sheds light on four interrelated aspects: It first reveals asymmetric economic performance which mirrors structural differences across member countries. These differences in economic outcomes are confronted with measures of the Single Market, economic institutions, changes in demand patterns and producer price developments. Next, the changes in value chains are tracked over time, and also put into a global perspective. Eventually, firm level evidence complements these findings. These results are highly relevant for policies at the member country and the EU level.
Jan-Maarten de Vet, Andreas Pauer, Erik Merkus, Paul Baker, Ana Rosa Gonzalez-Martinez, Tamas Kiss-Galfalvi (ECORYS), Gerhard Streicher (WIFO), Ana Rincon-Aznar (NIESR, London)
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – ECORYS Holding BV – National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
Online seit: 13.03.2018 0:00
The mature cement and lime industry sectors are vital for a range of downstream industries, products and services. Over the past 10 years, both sectors have witnessed major downturns, and future prospects are uncertain. These sectors and, in turn, policy-makers, need a better understanding of how resilient the sectors are when responding to external shocks – notably to changes in demand, but also to regulatory reforms and new initiatives (at EU, national, regional and local levels).
Michael Peneder (WIFO), Christian Rammer (ZEW)
Studien, Jänner 2018, 242 Seiten
Authors: Michael Peneder, Andreas Reinstaller, Stefan Weingärtner (WIFO), Florence Blandinières, Niklas Dürr, Stefan Frübing, Sven Heim, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer (ZEW) – Disclaimer: This report has been prepared for the European Commission, DG GROW, under Specific Contract No SI2-750358 implementing the Framework Service Contract ENTR/300/PP/2013/FC-WIFO coordinated by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO, coordinator: Andreas Reinstaller). The information and views set out in this study are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the Commission. The Commission does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this study. Neither the Commission nor any person acting on the Commission's behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Online seit: 21.12.2017 13:34
 
The study serves as a background document for the European Commission and is conducted in close cooperation with the ZEW Mannheim. The main tasks are to define the concept of competitiveness at the micro, meso, and macro levels of economic activity, to establish a set of indicators that is suitable for comparing the competitive performance of EU countries, to develop a systematic grid of indicators and policy objectives, and to determine the strengths and weaknesses of commonly used indicators, including their associated measurement problems or biases.
Abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte
Auftraggeber: World Economic Forum
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Abgeschlossen: 2017
As the Austrian partner organisation for the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report, WIFO undertakes a survey among leading business managers.
Projektleitung: Andreas Reinstaller
Abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – ECORYS Holding BV – National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London
Abgeschlossen: 2017
The cement and lime industries are significant contributors to the EU economy in terms of GDP, employment and other economic indicators. They play an essential role in the supply of necessary inputs for other sectors of economic activity (e.g., construction). The central objective of this study is to provide a clear and up-to-date assessment of competitiveness of the EU cement and lime sectors. The study will deliver a diagnosis of both the current situation and future prospects for development of the competitiveness of each sector, thereby providing the EC with the necessary information and evidence to knowledgably engage with the sector in the development of policy. The assessment will encompass both non-regulatory and regulatory aspects of the competitiveness of the cement and lime sectors. For regulatory aspects, the study will specifically identify those regulations that are most important for the sectors and provide a quantification of the most relevant regulatory costs.
Projektleitung: Andreas Reinstaller
Public support measures for connected and automated driving (Public Support Measures for Connected and Automated Driving)
Abgeschlossene Forschungsprojekte
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – ECORYS Holding BV – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação – Technical Research Centre of Finland
Abgeschlossen: 2017
Auftraggeber: Europäische Kommission
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – Institute of World Economics of the Research Centre for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Slow post-crisis total factor productivity growth is a significant policy challenge for many European countries in general and for Hungary in particular. This report aims at providing a comprehensive analysis of the processes behind productivity growth slowdown in Hungary based on micro data from administrative sources between 2001 and 2016. In particular, the report aims to contribute to four ongoing debates: First, it attempts to document the productivity growth slowdown in detail to uncover potential sources of heterogeneity. The second overarching question, related to frontier and non-frontier firms, is the idea of the so-called duality in Hungary. The concept of duality emphasises the large differences in terms of productivity and wages between globally oriented, often foreign-owned, large firms and the rest of the economy. Duality also refers to the lack of interconnectedness between these two groups of firms, in terms of supplier-buyer linkages and worker flows, which limits positive intergroup spillovers. The third group of questions relates to how efficiently resources are allocated across firms. Similarly to other countries, within-industry productivity differences are at least a magnitude larger than between-industry differences. This implies that the efficiency of the allocation of resources within an industry (i.e., whether more productive firms have access to more labour and capital) matters much for aggregate productivity. Finally, the report is interested in the extent to which sectors and industries differ in terms of productivity and firm dynamics.