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19.05.2022

Economic Policy Options to Handle a Shortfall of Natural Gas Supplies

Minimise the Economic Damage
A recent WIFO Research Brief proposes economic policy options that are potentially applicable in the short term in order to minimise the economic damage of a significant reduction of the gas available in Austria. Special attention is given to not slowing down the desired green transformation.

The focus is on economic mechanisms for gas allocation to companies and the implementation of incentives for consumption savings. The outline of possible options is intended to steer the debate towards issues that have hardly been considered so far in Austria in order to enable better-informed decisions and to initiate in-depth interdisciplinary analyses that would be necessary for a practical implementation.

  

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WIFO Research Briefs
19.05.2022
Economic Policy Options to Handle a Shortfall of Natural Gas Supplies
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Finalization: May 2022
Specialist publication: WIFO Research Briefs

Please contact

MMMag. Dr. Michael Böheim
MMMag. Dr. Michael Böheim
Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 227 michael.boeheim@wifo.ac.at
Mag. Dr. Jürgen Janger, MSc
Mag. Dr. Jürgen Janger, MSc
Industrial, Innovation and International Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 260 juergen.janger@wifo.ac.at
Mag. Dr. Angela Köppl
Mag. Dr. Angela Köppl
angela.koeppl@wifo.ac.at
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schleicher
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schleicher
Climate, Environmental and Resource Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 267 stefan.schleicher@wifo.at
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz Sinabell
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz Sinabell
Climate, Environmental and Resource Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 481 franz.sinabell@wifo.ac.at
Mag. Dr. Mark Sommer, Bakk.
Mag. Dr. Mark Sommer, Bakk.
Climate, Environmental and Resource Economics
+43 1 798 26 01 - 226 mark.sommer@wifo.ac.at

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