Hüfner, Felix; Schröder, Michael - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 222 (2002) 3, pp. 316-336
We compare the forecasting ability of the ifo-business expectations and ZEW-business expectations for the German industrial production in detail. Both are qualitative monthly surveys. While the ifo indicator is based on surveys of enterprises, the ZEW polls financial analysts from banks,...