The World Economic Survey (WES) has been carried out by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research since 1981. This quarterly expert survey is conducted among more than 1000 representatives of multinational enterprises and other economic experts in approximately 90 countries. In filling out the...

Das vorliegende Buch beinhaltet sämtliche Beiträge der 23. CIRET-Konferenz, die 1997 in Helsinki sattfand. Schwerpunkte waren dabei der internationale Wettbewerb, der Dienstleistungssektor, die Erhebung und Verwendung von Umfragedaten sowie Finazindikatoren. Besondere Bedeutung haben dabei die...

This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo s World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...

Der Aufsatz beschreibt, wie mit Hilfe hochwertiger Wirtschaftsdaten kurzfristige Vorhersagen über die Inflationsentwicklung gemacht werden können. Als wichtige Bestandteile eines Modells zur Prognose der Inflationsentwicklung werden die hohe Qualität der Daten und Maßnahmen zur Korrektur von...

This paper reports the results of a survey among private sector economists about credibility and transparency of central banks. In line with the survey of Alan Blinder among central bankers, we asked participants in Ifo's World Economic Survey to answer questions on the importance and...

The adoption of the euro in 1999 by 11 member states of the European Union created a single currency area second in economic size only to the United States. The euro zone's monetary policy is now set by the European Central Bank (ECB) and its Governing Council rather than by individual national...