Empirical studies outline developing countries' experience economic growth through an undervalued exchange rate and that exchange rate overvaluations have negative long term effects on economic growth. This paper examined the impact of exchange rate movements as well as exchange rate...

The motivation for this study hinges around the fact that Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is suffering from the Dutch disease which inadvertently hinders the growth of non-energy exports. This paper examines measures that can be adopted for a small petroleum-exporting economy to dampen the effect of...

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and entrepreneurship education have always been used as a vehicle towards economic and social transformation within many nations. With this in mind, the research investigates the entrepreneurship education practices in TVET institutions in...

Economic statistics are frequently reported in the form of index numbers. This article considers how the field of Index Numbers should be approached in the teaching of a general economic degree. While the topic finds a natural home in statistics modules, it is emphasised that the area can also...

Globale Wertschöpfungsketten und zunehmende grenzüberschreitende Geschäftsaktivitäten von multinationalen Unternehmensgruppen führen zu steigenden Herausforderungen für die amtliche Statistik. Mit dieser Thematik befasst sich die Large Cases Unit (LCU) der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes...

Globale Wertschöpfungsketten und ansteigende grenzüberschreitende Geschäftsaktivitäten von multinationalen Unternehmensgruppen stellen die amtliche Statistik zunehmend vor Herausforderungen. Allein aufgrund der wirtschaftlichen Bedeutung großer Konzerne kann ihre verzerrte statistische...

Representative longitudinal data for German firms (establishments or enterprises) that can be used for scientific analyses are mainly from two sources, the IAB Establishment Panel and the AFiD-Panel based on surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. This paper compares the data from these...

Die Ergebnisse der amtlichen Unternehmensstatistik in Deutschland sind unter bestimmten Gesichtspunkten systematisch verzerrt. Insbesondere werden die Grö-ßenstrukturen der Unternehmen und damit die Konzentration in der Wirtschaft nicht adäquat erfasst. Diese Besonderheiten nicht nur der...