Wirtschaftspolitische Gespräche bis 2010

Two decades of Finnish reforms and their relevance today

November 29th 2010, 10.30 a.m., WKO, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63

Christoph Leitl, President of the WKO
Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland (1995-2003)
Bernhard Felderer, Director of the IHS

The effects of the crisis on the labour market 

October 28th 2010, 10 a.m., WKO, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63

Christoph Leitl, President of the WKO
John P. Martin, Director for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs OECD
Jan van Ours, Professor of Labor Economics - Tilburg University
Johannes Kopf, Member of the Board of Directors, AMS (PES AUSTRIA)

Wp-Kommentar (2010) 

The financial crisis and structural reform – learning from Sweden

February 11th 2010, 10 a.m., WKO, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63

The Austrian government has to cope with growing public expenditure and is simultaneously confronted with the prospect of lower fiscal revenues in both the short and the long run. This situation is reminiscent of the case of Sweden in the 1990ies. The lectures will address potential lessons that may be learned from the reform process that took place in Sweden at that time.

Christoph Leitl, President of the WKO
Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1996-2006)
Josef Pröll, Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance
Bernhard Felderer, Director of the IHS

Der Vertrag von Lissabon – welche Änderungen brachte der 1. Dezember 2009?

11. Dezember 2009, 10.30 Uhr, IHS, Stumpergasse 56

Nachdem der Vertrag von Lissabon am 1. Dezember in Kraft tritt, wollen wir die Änderungen, die sich im Abstimmungsprozedere für kleine und große Staaten ergeben, analysieren.

Mag. Othmar Karas, Vizepräsident der EVP-Fraktion im Europäischen Parlament
Dr. Hannes Swoboda, Vizepräsident und parlamentarischer GF der S&D-Fraktion 

After the crisis – do we need to redefine the role of government?

June 10th 2009, 10 a.m., OeKB, Strauchgasse 3

Timothy J. Kehoe, University of Minnesota and adviser to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jens Thomsen, Member of the Board of Governors of Denmarks Nationalbank

The financial crisis and structural reform – lessons from Japan

January 27th 2009, 11 a.m., WKÖ, Wiedner Hauptstraße 63

Heizo Takenaka, 2001-2006 Minister in the cabinet of Koizumi
Ewald Nowotny, Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Wettbewerb in der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft

2. Dezember 2008, 9.30 Uhr, OeKB, Strauchgasse 3

Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Paqué, Prof. für Internationale Wirtschaft, Magdeburg, ehem. Finanzminister des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Dr. Karen Horn, Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln (IW)