Mag. Dr. Oliver Fritz, MSc

Oliver Fritz is Senior Economist at WIFO and has been working in the Research Group "Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis" since 2001. He is also working as a lecturer at the University of Vienna, the University of Graz and the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland and is Affiliate Professor at the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA). Since 2009 Oliver Fritz has been serving as Executive Secretary of the International Input-Output Association, a globally operating scientific organisation located in Vienna. Being involved in numerous national and international research projects (funded by State and Federal Ministries, the European Commission, the European Parliament, etc.), his current fields of research and policy consulting include tourism economics, regional economics as well as input-output and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling at the regional level. Oliver Fritz has received a Master's degree in Economics from the University in Graz and both a Master's and doctoral degree in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before joining WIFO in 2001, he worked at the Institute of Technology and Regional Policy of Joanneum Research and at the Regional Economics Applications Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Project duration: 08.02.2023 to 30.06.2023
Contractor project: Austrian Economic Chamber
Keywords: Tourism, Spa, Wellness, Impact analysis
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Project duration: 07.02.2023 to 12.01.2024
Contractor project: Austrian National Tourist Office
Keywords: Tourism, Forecasting, Value added, Revenue, Overnight stays
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Project duration: 10.06.2022 to 14.10.2022
Contractor project: Austrian National Tourist Office