Dr. Jürgen Bierbaumer, MA

Jürgen Bierbaumer is Senior Economist at WIFO and has been working in the WIFO Research Group "Macroeconomics and Public Finance" since 2011. His field of activity essentially comprises two main areas: On the one hand he is responsible as the project manager for the calculation of the quarterly GDP Flash Estimates. In addition to sound theoretical and methodological knowledge, this also requires ongoing observation and assessment of the recent economic environment, not only nationally but also internationally. In addition, he deals with the topic of Beyond GDP, in which not only economic but also social and ecological aspects play an important role in measuring a country's prosperity. On the other hand, he is an expert in the areas of private consumption and trade. His most important tasks in this area include ongoing economic monitoring and analysis as well as applied research projects on these topics. In his academic research, he focusses primarily on the phenomenon of business cycles, both at the international, national, regional and company level. His studies of economics brought him to Australia (University of Tasmania, Hobart; BEc) and Germany (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; MA and dissertation). He is also a lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and as an expert on national accounting member of numerous expert committees.

Project
Ongoing project since: 11.12.2023
Contractor project: Austrian Retail Association
Project
Project duration: 04.11.2022 to 15.02.2024
Contractor project: Austrian Retail Association