Research Focus of the Research Unit Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy
Public Finance
Budget analysis and forecasting of public budgets, federalism, fiscal equalization, regulatory and promotional instruments
Infrastructure economics and policy
Market analysis and regulation in transportation, energy, water and wastewater, waste, telecommunications, social and health services
Resource and environmental economics
Economic assessment of the use of natural resources and the ecological dimensions of economic processes
Housing research
Analysis of political, institutional and technological dynamics of change in housing systems
Urban and regional economics
Sectoral, regional and municipal economic analysis and policy, spatial distribution of economic activities
Software and method development
Subject-specific software, model and information systems in the field of public finance and individual infrastructure sectors, e-government