Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung widmet sich wichtigen, allgemein interessierenden Phänomenen, die sie beschreibt, erklärt und wofür sie Zukunftsperspektiven bietet. Unter Einbezug wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse stellt sie Entscheidungsgrundlagen für Unternehmensplanung und politische...

The most recent economic downturn has shown that economic activity nowadays is still prone to large fluctuations. Despite a long tradition of research, the understanding of such fluctuations, namely business cycles, is still far from comprehensive. Moreover, in a developing world with new...

"The business surveys of the ifo Institute (short for ""Information und Forschung"") are internationally renowned. Every month close to 7,000 enterprises are questioned on their short-term planning and their appraisals of the actual and future business situation. The confidence indicator...