Matthias Firgo

Munich University of Applied Sciences

Professor

Munich

Germany

Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)

Associate

Vienna

Austria

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (13)

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1.

The Causal Economic Effects of Olympic Games on Host Regions

WIFO Working Papers 591/2019
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Jan 2020
Matthias Firgo
Munich University of Applied Sciences
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Olympic Games, Mega Events, Public Infrastructure, Regional Development, Causal Effects, Sports Economics

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Regional Competitiveness Under New Perspectives

WWWforEurope Policy Paper No. 26
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2015
Karl Aiginger and Matthias Firgo
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and Munich University of Applied Sciences
Downloads 296 (219,509)
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regional competitiveness, Beyond GDP goals, composite index, European Union

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Detecting Collusion in Spatially Differentiated Markets

WIFO Working Papers No. 479
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Jan 2015
Matthias Firgo and Agnes Kuegler
Munich University of Applied Sciences and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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tacit collusion, strategic alliances, spatial differentiation, ski lift ticket prices

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Informal, Formal, or Both? Assessing the Drivers of Home Care Utilization in Austria Using a Simultaneous Decision Framework

WIFO Working Papers No. 533/2017
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Jun 2017
Matthias Firgo, Klaus Nowotny and Alexander Braun
Munich University of Applied Sciences, University of Salzburg and Joanneum Research
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long-term care, formal, informal, bivariate probit, SHARE, Austria

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Does Having the Right Visitor Mix Do the Job? Applying an Econometric Shift-Share Model to Regional Tourism Developments

WIFO Working Papers, No. 517
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 May 2016
Matthias Firgo and Oliver Fritz
Munich University of Applied Sciences and Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
Downloads 65 (733,182)
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Tourism Developments, Service Exports, Regional Performance, Shift-Share Regression Analysis, Visitor Portfolio, Austria

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Network Centrality and Market Prices. An Empirical Note

WIFO Working Paper No. 503
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2016
Matthias Firgo, Dieter Pennerstorfer and Christoph Weiss
Munich University of Applied Sciences, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics
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network centrality, spatial competition, retail markets, gasoline prices

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The Economic Impact of Long-Term Care Services

Österreichisches Institut Für Wirtschaftsforschung Working Paper No. 580/2019
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 05 Dec 2019
Gerhard Streicher, Ulrike Famira-Mühlberger and Matthias Firgo
WIFO, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and Munich University of Applied Sciences
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long-term care services, input-output model, returns to public expenditures

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The causal effect of agritourism on farm survival

JKU Department of Economics Working Paper No. 2315
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Matthias Firgo and Dieter Pennerstorfer
Munich University of Applied Sciences and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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agritourism, firm survival, agriculture, diversification, big data, bivariate probit

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Centrality and Pricing in Spatially Differentiated Markets: The Case of Gasoline

International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 40, No. 5, 2015
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jun 2017
Matthias Firgo, Dieter Pennerstorfer and Christoph Weiss
Munich University of Applied Sciences, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics
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Network centrality, Spatial differentiation, Gasoline prices

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What Can the Emu's Peripheral Countries Learn from Regional Growth?

MENDELU Working Papers in Business and Economics 2013-42,
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Jan 2014
Peter Huber, Matthias Firgo and Karl Aiginger
Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Munich University of Applied Sciences and Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
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convergence, within-country growth, peripheral countries

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(Un)Related Variety and Employment Growth at the Sub-Regional Level

WIFO Working Papers No. 511
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Feb 2016
Matthias Firgo and Peter Mayerhofer
Munich University of Applied Sciences and Austrian Institute of Economic Research
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related variety, specialization, knowledge spillovers, employment growth, structural policy

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Unconditional Convergence in Currency Unions: An Analysis of European Regions from 1991 to 2009

Welfare Work Wealth (WWW) for Europe Policy Paper No.4
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 25 Jan 2014
Matthias Firgo and Peter Huber
Munich University of Applied Sciences and Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
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unconditional regional convergence, within-country development, extreme growth events, currency unions

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Assessing Regional Production Potential to Strengthen the Security of Supply in Strategic Products

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 13 Feb 2024
Matthias Firgo, Fabian Gabelberger, Andreas Reinstaller and Yvonne Wolfmayr
Munich University of Applied Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Independent and Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
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strategic products, reshoring, industrial policy, comparative advantage, importdependency, skill-relatedness