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The Austrian Paradox: "Old" Structures but High Performance?

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The Austrian "structure-performance paradox" describes the ambiguous observation of high overall economic performance on the one hand, but a considerable lock in to "old" industrial structures on the other. Compared to other high-income countries, Austria is characterised by an almost unique low share of industries, where competitive advantage is mostly driven by technological change. Following the presentation of a new empirical tool useful in structural analysis, this paper will summarise recent empirical results on both aspects of the paradox. Initially, attention will be drawn towards the most relevant policy questions; later some tentative explanations of the paradox will be examined.

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  • Michael Peneder, 1999. "The Austrian Paradox: "Old" Structures but High Performance?," Austrian Economic Quarterly, WIFO, vol. 4(4), pages 239-247, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wfo:wquart:y:1999:i:4:p:239-247
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    1. Wolfgang Polt & Manfred Paier & Andreas Schibany & Helmut Gassler & Gernot Hutschenreiter & Norbert Knoll & Hannes Leo & Michael Peneder, 1999. "Österreichischer Technologiebericht 1999," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 8332, February.
    2. Stephan Schulmeister, 1990. "Das technologische Profil des österreichischen Außenhandels," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 63(12), pages 663-675, December.
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