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Effective taxation of top incomes in Germany, 1992 - 2002
Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641752
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Top incomes and top taxes in Germany
Bach, Stefan (contributor); Corneo, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze the distribution and taxation of top incomes in Germany during the 1990s on the basis of individual tax … findings are as follows: (i) incomes are highly concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (ii) the German economic … concentrated in Germany, more than commonly thought; (iv) although effective tax rates are significantly lower than statutory ones …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003300942
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721990
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721997
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Boosting and regional economic forecasting : the case dof Germany
Lehmann, Robert; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2016
German states (the Free State of Saxony and Baden-Wuerttemberg) and Eastern Germany for the period from 1997 to 2013, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557750
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Looking into the black box of boosting : the case of Germany
Lehmann, Robert; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2015
This paper looks into the 'fine print' of boosting for economic forecasting. By using German industrial production for the period from 1996 to 2014 and a data set consisting of 175 monthly indicators, we evaluate which indicators get selected by the boosting algorithm over time and four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411839
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On the representativeness of the ifo business survey
Hiersemenzel, Magdolna; Sauer, Stefan; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2022
Germany. Moreover, the anonymized micro data can be used for a wide range of research projects. In order to obtain robust …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013288035
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170991
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Forecasting GDP at the regional level with many predictors
Lehmann, Robert; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2012
-Württemberg) and Eastern Germany. We overcome the problem of a "data-poor environment" at the sub-national level by including more than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630640
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249212