The objective of this article is to demonstrate how data collection can be enhanced with survey instruments, including questionnaires. Pinpointing at the prevailing organizational cultural conditions as an antecedence to the introduction and management of the amendment is required in a useful...

Die quellenkritische Auswertung bzw. Nutzung der Mikrodaten der amtlichen Statistik und sozial-und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Erhebungen stellt nach wie vor eine methodische und konzeptionelle Herausforderung für die zeitgeschichtliche Forschung - und die Sozial-, Wirtschafts-und...

We analyze forecasts of inflation and GDP growth contained in Banco de México's Survey of Professional Forecasters for the period 1995-2009. The forecasts are for the current and the following year, comprising an unbalanced three-dimensional panel with multiple individual forecasters, target...

This paper uses survey data to assess consumers' inflation expectations in the euro area. The probability approach is used to derive quantitative estimates of inflation expectations from the European Commission's Consumer Survey. The paper subsequently analyses the empirical properties of the...