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The allocation of responsibilities for functions and expenditures, as well as the distribution of revenue-raising competences, critically determine the scope for fiscal consolidation available to the federal, state, and local levels. An empirical analysis of consolidation episodes in Austria since 1995 suggests that fiscal adjustment has tended to be revenue-based at the federal level, while subnational governments have primarily relied on expenditure-based measures.","onlinedate":"2026-04-01 08:57:30","lang":"German","publication_series":"","publication_date":"20260401","publication_date_year":"","publication_date_full":true,"publication_num_pages":"","keywords":"[]","jelcodes":"[\"H12\",\"H70\"]","related_publications":"[\"2bf7ab9c-c6c7-45f9-b1e7-149f15ad03b0\",\"fde237e6-b4b5-4836-8260-ed39edb5e66b\",\"7d643814-445f-49ae-a2ea-b81df7819ea2\",\"a95f94cb-0ead-49df-a7d7-b59bcc3221cb\"]","pdf":444603,"zip":null,"link":"","monthly_report":true,"monthly_report_main":false,"monthly_report_volume":"99","monthly_report_pages":"135-147","monthly_report_pages_sort":"135","issue":"3","journal":"WIFO-Monatsberichte","publisher":"","invisible":false,"external":false,"embargo_date":null,"types":[44312],"research_groups":[3500],"collaboration":"","persons":[3792],"persons_data":"[{\"personId\":3792,\"personName\":\"Hans Pitlik\",\"organisationNames\":[]}]","clients":[],"subclients":[],"partners":[],"topics":[],"host_publication_title":"","host_publication_subtitle":"","place_of_publication":"","host_publication_editors":"[]","type_description":"","output_media":"","chapter":"","article_number":"","citations":"{\"apa\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_apa rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_apa rendering_contributiontoperiodical_apa\\\"><span>Pitlik, H.<\\\/span> (2026). <span>Budgetkonsolidierung im \u00f6sterreichischen Bundesstaat<\\\/span>. <span><em>WIFO-Monatsberichte<\\\/em><\\\/span>, <em>99<\\\/em>(3), 135-147.<\\\/div>\",\"vancouver\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_vancouver rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_vancouver rendering_contributiontoperiodical_vancouver\\\"><span>Pitlik H<\\\/span>. <span class=\\\"title\\\"><span>Budgetkonsolidierung im \u00f6sterreichischen Bundesstaat<\\\/span><\\\/span>. <span>WIFO-Monatsberichte<\\\/span>. 2026 Apr 1;99(3):135-147.<\\\/div>\",\"bibtex\":\"<div class=\\\"rendering rendering_researchoutput  rendering_researchoutput_bibtex rendering_contributiontoperiodical rendering_bibtex rendering_contributiontoperiodical_bibtex\\\"><div>@misc{44e6bdbe6bb24c7ba851fdca2596fc23,<\\\/div><div>  title    = \\\"Budgetkonsolidierung im {\\\\\\\"o}sterreichischen Bundesstaat\\\",<\\\/div><div>  abstract = \\\"{\\\\\\\"O}sterreichs {\\\\\\\"o}ffentliche Haushalte stehen unter erheblichem Konsolidierungsdruck. 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