Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/128852 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIFO Working Papers No. 316
Publisher: 
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Vienna
Abstract: 
The paper describes a model for computing the trend output and the structural budget deficit in Austria. The calculation of trend output is based on a production function approach within a small macroeconomic model of the Austrian economy. A decomposition of public budgets into cyclical and structural components shows responsiveness to business cycle variations, and allows a better assessment of the sustainability of the budget balance. The model will be used in future forecasting rounds and links macroeconomic and budgetary variables of the WIFO Economic Outlook to estimates for trend output and the structural budget deficit. Until now, such decomposition has not been part of the regular WIFO forecast.
Subjects: 
Austria
WIFO forecast
WIFO Economic Outlook
trend output
structual budget balance
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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