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The effect of dispatch methods on a recruiting campaign for a business survey : evidence from Germany
Brandt, Przemyslaw; Demmelhuber, Katrin; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2020
The ifo Institute for Economic Research has been conducting the ifo business survey since its foundation in 1949. To ensure stability of participation rates, regular sample recruitment is indispensable. Does the dispatch method matter for response rates of a recruiting campaign? To answer this...
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FamData: database for family business companies in Germany covering company key figures and survey data
Garnitz, Johanna; Maltzan, Annette von; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2023
FamData is a database covering family businesses and non-family businesses across various size classes and branches containing structural and financial information. The ifo Institute assembled a business panel with executives from almost 4,000 companies. In addition to the "hard" business data...
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How to handle the crisis in Greece? : empirical evidence based on a survey of economics experts
Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2016
We asked experts from 113 countries polled by the CESifo World Economic Survey for their opinions on how to handle the crisis in Greece. 61.9% of the experts surveyed were not in favour of Greece exiting the Eurozone in the course of the negotiations held in June and July 2015. However, experts...
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How to handle the fiscal crisis in Greece? : empirical evidence based on a survey of economic experts
Mosler, Martin; Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus Josef - 2019
We asked economic experts polled by the CESifo World Economic Survey how to handle the fiscal crisis in Greece in the year 2015. The sample includes about 850 experts from 110 countries. We find systematic differences in experts’ recommendations. Our results suggest that policy advice is...
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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 …
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Beyond the business climate : regular and supplementary questions in the ifo Business survey
Demmelhuber, Katrin; Sauer, Stefan; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2022
In the monthly ifo Business Survey around 9,000 German companies answer questions about their current business situation, expectations and plans for the near future as well as on other business variables. This paper provides an overview of all regular questions (monthly, quarterly, bi-annually,...
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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 …
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Does the field of study influence students' political attitudes?
Fischer, Mira; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2015
We investigate whether the field of study influences university students' political attitudes. To disentangle self-selection from learning effects, we first investigate whether the fields of study chosen by the incoming students correlate with their political attitudes. In a second step we...
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The KOF Globalisation Index : revisited
Gygli, Savina; Haelg, Florian; Potrafke, Niklas; Sturm, … - 2018
We introduce the revised version of the KOF Globalisation Index, a composite index measuring globalization for every … country in the world along the economic, social and political dimension. The original index was introduced by Dreher (2006 …) and updated in Dreher et al. (2008). This second revision of the index distinguishes between de facto and de jure measures …
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Moving out of the comfort zone : how cultural norms affect attitudes toward immigration
Giesing, Yvonne; Kauder, Björn; Mergele, Lukas; … - 2024
We examine how cultural norms shape attitudes toward immigration. Our causal identification relies on comparing students who moved across the East-West border after German reunification with students who moved within former East Germany. Students who moved from East to West became more positive...
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