Prof. Dr. Monika Köppl-Turyna

Prof. Dr. Monika Köppl-Turyna is Director of EcoAustria. Her research focuses on economic issues concerning public finance, distribution, and political economy.

Köppl-Turyna received her doctorate in 2011 from the University of Vienna. From 2011 to 2015, she was Assistant Professor at the Lisbon University Institute, before being Senior Economist at Agenda Austria. Moreover, Monika Köppl-Turyna has been lecturer at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and Fellow at the Global Labour Organisation. She is a member of scientific board of the Rudolf-Sallinger Fonds and Klimarat der Bürgerinnen und Bürger. In 2020, she received her habilitation from the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. Since September 2023 she has been a professor at the Seeburg University in Seekirchen and from April 2024 she will teach as a professor at the University of Warsaw. In the 2021 ranking of the most influential economists in Austria, published by Presse/FAZ/NZZ, she holds rank 5. Moreover, Monika Köppl-Turyna holds a professorship at the Privatuniversität Schloss Seeburg.

Research areas

• Public finance
• Distribution
• Political economy
• Labor market

She is also a board member of:

• the non-profit foundation Unternehmerische Zukunft

• the Austrian Society for European Politics

• the German Chamber of Commerce in Austria

and is a member of the:

• Advisory Board on Debureaucratisation and Deregulation
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Rudolf Sallinger Fund
• Citizens’ Climate Council
• Council for New Work Environments at the Federal Ministry of Labour
• Board of Trustees of the Erste Bank Foundation
• Scientific Advisory Boards of the European Forum Alpbach
• Advisory Board, Academia Superior
• Editorial Board, The Economists’ Voice
• Editorial Board, Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter
• Advisory Board, Salzburg Summit
• Research Council of Styria

Selected publications

• Köppl-Turyna M. (2025): Redistribution within the tax-benefits systems of the European Union - The role of indirect taxation and in-kind benefits. Kyklos.
• Köppl-Turyna M., Christopoulos D. & Köppl S. (2025): Government-backed venture capital investments and performance of companies: the role of networks. Research Policy, Volume 54, Issue 8, 105270 
• Köppl-Turyna M., Kantorowicz J., Gulczynski M. (2025): Limited Impact of Introducing Proportional Representation on Women's Representation: Insights from a Quasi-Experiment in Local Elections. Political Studies, 00323217241308098
• Köppl-Turyna M., Editors: Christan Bjoernskov and Richard Jong-a-Pin: Public Choice Encyclopedia. Entry about Females in Politics, in print.
• Köppl-Turyna M., Christl M. & De Poli S.(2025): Does redistribution hurt growth? An Empirical Assessment of the Redistribution-Growth Relationship in the European Union. Economic Modelling, Volume 149, 107104
• Köppl-Turyna M., Christl M. & De Poli S. (2025): An extended view on inequality and redistribution in the European Union - The role of indirect taxation and in-kind benefits. Economic Analysis and Policy, Volume 87, Pages 162-177
• Köppl-Turyna M., Birglauer W. & Rowsell J. (2024): Special issue editorial “The impact of modern broadband networks on Energy Consumption and CO2 emissions”, Telecommunications Policy , Volume 48, Issue 8
• Köppl-Turyna M., Schwarzbauer W., Briglauer W. & Bittó V. (2023): Evaluating Effects of ICT Core Elements on CO2 Emissions: Recent Evidence from OECD Countries. Telecommunications Policy.
• Köppl-Turyna M., Schwarzbauer W., Briglauer W. & Bittó V. (2023): The Impact of ICT on Electricity and Energy Consumption and Resulting CO2 Emissions: A Literature Review. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics.
• Köppl-Turyna M. , Köppl S., Christopoulos D. (2022): Syndication networks and company survival: evidence from European venture capital deals. Venture Capital, 24:2, pp. 105.135
• Köppl-Turyna M. (2020): Gender gap in voting: Evidence from actual ballots. Party Politics.
• Christl M., Köppl-Turyna M., & Gnan P. (2020): Wage differences between immigrants and natives: the role of literacy skills. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(19), 4010-4042.
• Christl M., Köppl‐Turyna M., & Kucsera D. (2020): Determinants of Public‐Sector Efficiency: Decentralization and Fiscal Rules. Kyklos, 73(2), 253-290.
• Christl M., & Köppl–Turyna M. (2020): Gender wage gap and the role of skills and tasks: evidence from the Austrian PIAAC data set. Applied Economics, 52(2), 113-134.
• Kantorowicz J., & Köppl–Turyna M. (2019): Disentangling the fiscal effects of local constitutions. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 163, 63-87.
• Köppl–Turyna M., & Pitlik H. (2018): Do equalization payments affect subnational borrowing? Evidence from regression discontinuity. European Journal of Political Economy, 53, 84-108.
• Köppl-Turyna M. (2016): Opportunistic politicians and fiscal outcomes: the curious case of Vorarlberg. Public Choice, 168(3-4), 177-216.
• Köppl-Turyna M. (2014): Campaign finance regulations and policy convergence: The role of interest groups and valence. European Journal of Political Economy, 33, 1-19.
• Köppl-Turyna M. (2012): Estimation of party positions: A comment on Schofield and Zakharov (2010). Public Choice, 153(1-2), 163-16