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The Gini Trade Index: What can we learn from a new trade indicator?
Cernat, Lucian - 2024
This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of capturing the different distribution of trade values across firm characteristics and across countries. The new indicator replicates the well-known features of the traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014560170
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ifo Konjunkturumfragen und Konjunkturanalyse: Band II
Nierhaus, Wolfgang (contributor);  … - 2016
Das ifo Institut begleitet seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 1949 das aktuelle Wirtschaftsgeschehen durch seine regelmäßigen Konjunkturumfragen und Konjunkturprognosen. Im Jahr 2007 hat das ifo Institut zur methodischen Basis seiner Konjunkturforschung einen ersten Sammelband mit ausgewählten...
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Analysis of revisions to general economic statistics
Branchi, Mariagnese; Dieden, Christian; Haine, Wim; … - 2007
The preparations for the introduction of the euro in 1999 involved the need for a new set of statistics for the euro area. Since then, significant progress has been made with regard to the coverage, timeliness and accuracy of these statistics. The reliability of the first releases – i.e. their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606226
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Household Tax Compliance in Albania
Christie, Edward; Holzner, Mario - 2005
This paper applies a set of indicators of tax compliance to the household sector in Albania. These estimates are … household income are computed using household final consumption data from national accounts and household survey data as well as … detailed data on household taxation. Specific aspects such as remittances and the role of agriculture are explicitly taken into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100052
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Electricity Use as an Indicator of U.S. Economic Activity
Arora, Vipin; Lieskovsky, Jozef - 2016
We argue for the resurrection of an old idea: electricity use as an indicator of U.S. economic activity. Our analysis relies on associations–the 40-year correlation between growth rates in real GDP and electricity use can be as high as 89% –and intuition. Electricity use and economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416254
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The ECB and IMF indicators for the macro-prudential analysis of the banking sector: a comparison of the two approaches
Agresti, Anna Maria; Baudino, Patrizia; Poloni, Paolo - 2008
In January 2007 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published, on an ad hoc basis, a series of financial soundness indicators (FSIs) based on a common methodology (the IMF compilation Guide) for 62 countries, including all 27 European Union countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), jointly...
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Financial stability analysis: insights gained from consolidated banking data for the EU
Borgioli, Stefano; Gouveia, Ana Cláudia; Labanca, Claudio - 2013
This occasional paper explores the Consolidated Banking Data (CBD), a key component of the ECB statistical toolbox for financial stability analysis. We show that non-consolidated, host-country Monetary Financial Institutions (MFI) balance sheet data, which constitutes a key source of input into...
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Introducing the ECB indicator on euro area industrial new orders
de Bondt, Gabe; Dieden, Heinz Christian; Muzikarova, Sona; … - 2013
Following the discontinuation of the official statistics on industrial new orders by Eurostat in mid-2012, this paper introduces the ECB indicator on euro area industrial new orders, which aims to fill the new statistical gaps for euro area total new orders as well as for various breakdowns....
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The value and indicator function of patents
Frietsch, Rainer; Schmoch, Ulrich; Van Looy, Baart; … - 2010
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Innovationsindikator 2012
Frietsch, Rainer; Rammer, Christian; Schubert, Torben; … - 2012
Der Innovationsindikator 2012 der Deutsche Telekom Stiftung und des Bundesverbands der Deutschen Industrie bewertet den aktuellen Stand der Innovationsleistung Deutschlands im Vergleich mit den wichtigsten Wettbewerbern auf den internationalen Märkten. Er fasst alle wesentlichen Faktoren in den...
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