Die Aktualisierung der ifo Konjunkturprognose vom 24. Juni 2003 trägt den veränderten finanzpolitischen Rahmendaten (z. B. Vorziehen der Steuerreform, vorgesehene Reform des Gesundheitswesens) sowie den neuesten Ergebnissen des ifo Konjunkturtests Rechnung. Im kommenden Jahr wird die...

This paper tests the existence of strategic information complementarities as a source of sectoral comovement. A theoretical model derived in Veldkamp and Wolfers (2007) explains sectoral comovement by the assumption that firms rely too much on aggregate information to make output decisions. We...

This paper presents a composite leading indicator for the Swiss business cycle corresponding to the growth rate cycle concept. It is the result of a complete overhaul of the KOF Economic Barometer that has been published by the KOF Swiss Economic Institute on a monthly basis since 1976. In line...