National Accounting is the key system for producing macroeconomic statistics. The textbook explains this system, describing important applications along with the limitations of the current system. The new edition considers changes resulting from revisions to the international system of national...

Die Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnungen (VGR) bilden das zentrale System mit volkswirtschaftlichen Statistikergebnissen. Ihnen können für die meisten Fragestellungen gesamtwirtschaftlicher Art Zahlenangaben entnommen werden. In dieser Einführung werden die wesentlichen Bausteine einer...

Abstract Corporate investment has developed only moderately in Germany since the global financial market crisis. The capital stock made up of machinery and equipment has been in a stalemate since 2008. However, the notion of a quantifiable investment gap is not tenable. A recent survey of German...