Austrian Institute of Economic Research: Difference between revisions

The institute was founded in 1927 by [[Friedrich Hayek]] and [[Ludwig von Mises]] as ''Österreichischen Institut für Konjunkturforschung'' ("Austrian Institute for Business-Cycle Research").<ref name="About">[http://www.wifo.ac.at/wwa/jsp/index.jsp?&language=2&fid=23910 About WIFO] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123163235/http://www.wifo.ac.at/wwa/jsp/index.jsp?&language=2&fid=23910 |date=January 23, 2013 }}, Austrian Institute of Economic Research</ref> With 124 employees (64 researchers, 30 research assistants, 30 administrative staff)<ref>{{cite web|title=WIFO - Staff members|url=http://www.wifo.ac.at/jart/prj3/wifo/main.jart?content-id=1223629830161&rel=en&reserve-mode=active&ma_search_send=yes&ma_search=&ma_rolle=|accessdate=1 February 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180201215618/http://www.wifo.ac.at/jart/prj3/wifo/main.jart?content-id=1223629830161&rel=en&reserve-mode=active&ma_search_send=yes&ma_search=&ma_rolle=|archivedate=2018-02-01|language=English|url-status=live}}</ref> it is the largest economic research institute in Austria. The current director is [[Gabriel Felbermayr]] who followed [[Christoph Badelt]] on 1 October 2021.<ref name=presse>{{cite web|title=Christoph Badelt tritt Amt als neuer WIFO-Leiter an (Christoph Badelt is the new director of WIFO) |url=http://www.wifo.ac.at/wwa/pubid/59000 |accessdate=September 13, 2016}}</ref> WIFO is a member of the "Association of European Conjuncture Institutes" (AIECE), the [[Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys|"Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys" (CIRET)]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Members by Institution|url=https://www.ciret.org/idc/members-name/|author=Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys|accessdate=7 January 2018|language=English|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107175242/https://www.ciret.org/idc/members-name/|archivedate=7 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 US, Australia and Asia.