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Predictive ability of business cycle indicators under test : a case study for the euro area industrial production

Carstensen, Kai; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Ziegler, Christina … - 2010

In this paper we assess the information content of seven widely cited early indicators for the euro area with respect … forecasts the OECD composite leading indicator performs very good by all criteria, and for 12-month forecasts the FAZ-Euro … loss ; leading indicators ; euro area ; forecasting …

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Predictive ability of business cycle indicators under test : a case study for the Euro area industrial production

Carstensen, Kai; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Ziegler, Christina … - 2010 - This version: June 2010, preliminary

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The Ifo Investment Database

Strobel, Thomas; Sauer, Stefan; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2013

In this paper we present the Ifo Investment Database, which provides annual investment data for 12 investment assets in 50 German industries from 1991 onward. The data is consistent with national accounts statistics provided by the German Federal Statistical Office and is based on investments in...

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Assessing the macroeconomic forecasting performance of boosting : evidence for the United States, the Euro Area, and Germany

Buchen, Teresa; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2013

to the fit. Using data for the United States, the euro area and Germany, we assess the performance of boosting when …

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On the representativeness of the ifo business survey

Hiersemenzel, Magdolna; Sauer, Stefan; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2022

The monthly ifo Business Survey is the basis for numerous economic indicators, such as the ifo Business Climate Index Germany. Moreover, the anonymized micro data can be used for a wide range of research projects. In order to obtain robust results, the panel of survey participants must be large...

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How to measure research efficiency in higher education? : research grants vs. publication output

Gralka, Sabine; Wohlrabe, Klaus; Bornmann, Lutz - 2018

An ongoing debate in the literature on efficiency of higher education institutions concerns the indicator for research output in the empirical analysis. While several studies chose to use the number of publications, others rely on the overall amount of research grants. The present study...

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Who reports the mood in German boardrooms? : evidence from the ifo business survey

Hennrich, Jonas; Sauer, Stefan; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2023

The ifo Business Climate Index for Germany is considered as the most important leading indicator for the German economy. Media reports often refer to the mood in German boardrooms. Based on a survey conducted in May 2023, we show that most of the around 9,000 respondents to the monthly ifo...

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