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Institute closed

For the duration of the Austria-wide federal lockdown (currently from November 22 to December 12), our secretary office is closed! But you can contact the secretary office during the opening hours…

WU Best Paper Award 2021

The WU Best Paper Award, established in 2000, is presented annually to the authors of outstanding academic contributions published in the previous calendar year. The WU Best Paper Award is funded by…

WU Awards 2021 - Outstanding Research Achievements

WU awards bonuses to its researchers for publications in internationally renowned journals and other outstanding academic achievements. Award Winners: van der Ploeg, Frederick, Rezai, Armon. 2020.…

WU Awards 2021 - Acquisition of Third-Party Funding

These research projects carried out by WU researchers have been awarded third-party funding after undergoing rigorous international peer review. Award Winners: Material flows around the globe (MF-…

VoxEU column on distributional effects of climate policy

Carbon pricing disproportionately hurts poorer households, but cash disbursals from the revenue it raises can compensate these households and lower income inequality. This VoxEU column evaluates the…

COP26 Virtual Roundtable

Macrofinancial Relevance of Cascading Climate Risks: Insights for Investors and Financial Supervisors, on 3 November, 10:30 – 11:30 CET

Nature Climate Change covers research findings

Richard Tol reviews publication „Are economists getting climate dynamics right and does it matter? Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists” by Armon Rezai and coauthors in…

New Publication “Science skepticism reduced compliance with COVID-19 shelter-in-place policies in the United States”

In a newly published paper in Nature Human Behaviour, Adam Brzezinski and co-authors analyse how compliance with lockdown policies was influenced by science skepticism and attitudes towards topics of…