Characteristics of recessions -- The recession of 1948-49 -- The recession of 1953-54 -- The recession of 1957-58 -- The recession of 1960-61 -- The recession of 1969-70 -- The recession of 1973-75 -- The recession of 1980 -- The recession of 1981-82 -- The recession of 1990-91 -- The recession...

"Despite Canada's economic success over the past thirty years, the country's ranking in productivity has continued to decline when compared to other industrialized nations. Economic experts and pundits repeatedly call for means of improving productivity, arguing that it is the lynchpin to...

The importance of knowledge -- Knowledge indicators -- Knowledge management -- How endogenous growth theory interfaces with KM -- Research location -- Paradigms of inquiry -- The research strategy & design -- The quality of the research design -- Case A -- Case B -- Core findings -- Concluding...

Der dritte kurze Länderüberblick in der kleine Reihe, die einige bedeutende Industrie- und Schwellenländer anhand wichtiger Globalisierungsindikatoren präsentiert, widmet sich den USA. Die Darstellung beschränkt sich auf die Jahre ab 2001 bis zum aktuellen Rand.

"'Big data' is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary sources, collaborative research linking different data sets, and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long...

In this paper we assess the information content of seven widely cited early indicators for the euro area with respect to forecasting area-wide industrial production. To this end, we use various tests that are designed to compare competing forecast models. In addition to the standard...