Das Gründungsgeschehen ist seit den 70er Jahren ein Forschungsschwerpunkt des IfM Bonn. Zur qualitativen und quantitativen Erfassung des Gründungsgeschehens greift das IfM Bonn auf verschiedene Statistiken zurück (Statistik der Gewerbemeldungen, fluktuationsrelevante Informationen aus...

The paper evaluates the quality of the German national accounting data (GDP and its use-side components) as measured by the magnitude and dispersion of the forecast/revision errors. It is demonstrated that government consumption series are the least reliable, whereas real GDP and real private...

We present the operationalized Toll Index, which is a new type of early indicator for the German business cycle. We present the basic idea and document the power of the indicator for the purpose of nowcasting. The data will be regularly available at the IDSC, the data bank center of IZA and will...

Die amtliche Statistik erfasst die außenwirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten deutscher Unternehmen unvollständig, sowohl im Hinblick auf die verschiedenen Formen des Auslandsengagements als auch hinsichtlich deren Volumina. Unternehmensangaben sind nur für die Ein- und Ausfuhren (Im-/Exporte) sowie...

The Patentatlas by Greif and Schmiedl (2002) represents an important source for patent data in Germany. Its use for industry-specific studies is however problematic because the correct assignment of patent data classified by technological fields to commonly used industry classifications is...

Nowcasting has been a challenge in the recent economic crisis. We introduce the Toll Index, a new monthly indicator for business cycle forecasting and demonstrate its relevance using German data. The index measures the monthly transportation activity performed by heavy transport vehicles across...

This Background Report has been produced as part of the study on “Development of statistical data on the European security technological and industrial base” commissioned by the European Commission within the Framework Contract on Security (ENTR/09/050) between the European Commission and a...