Handbook of Survey-Based Business Cycle Analysis (Ifo Economic Policy an Elgar Original Reference)

Handbook of Survey-Based Business Cycle Analysis (Ifo Economic Policy an Elgar Original Reference)
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Год
 
Страниц
 
247
ISBN
 
1847201369
Издатель
 
Alma Books
Категория
 
Макроэкономика

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This Handbook provides an overview of regular survey activities, as well as shows how survey results can be used scientifically in the context of business-cycle analysis and forecasting. Examples of various business surveys are described in detail, starting with their objectives, the questions they pose, how they are weighted and extrapolated and the representativeness of their results. A detailed scientific examination of the explanatory value of the data is also made in order to demonstrate their potential usefulness. The Handbook has three parts: firstly, it presents the importance of business surveys for empirical research. Secondly, selected surveys are introduced in detail such as the Ifo Business Survey and the Ifo Investment Survey, and thirdly, a broad spectrum of studies - on the consequence of the survey results - is presented. The significance of the surveys applies equally to business cycle analysis and to forecasting. An array of modern methods of time ...

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