ISBN: 3790815640
TITLE: Auf dem Weg zur Integration Factory
AUTHOR: Schelp, Winter (Eds.)
TOC:

Survey Activity of the Ifo Institute
Gernot Nerb 1
Part I Business Cycle Analysis
Forecasting Quarterly German GDP at Monthly Intervals Using Monthly Ifo Business Conditions Data
Stefan Mittnik, Peter Zadrozny 19
Real Wages and Business Cycle Asymmetries
Ulrich Woitek 49
Evaluating the German Inventory Cycle Using Data from the Ifo Business Survey
Thomas A. Knetsch 61
Do Ifo Indicators Help Explain Revisions in German Industrial Production?
Jan Jacobs, Jan-Egbert Sturm 93
A Leading Indicator for the Dutch Economy: A Methodological and Empirical Revision of the CPB System
Henk Kranendonk, Jan Bonenkamp, Johan Verbruggen 115
Part II Monetary Policy Analysis
Firm Size and Monetary Policy Transmission  Evidence from German Business Survey Data
Michael Ehrmann 145
The Role of the Ifo Business Climate Indicator and Asset Prices in German Monetary Policy
Elmer Sterken 173
Credibility and Transparency of Central Banks: New Results Based on Ifos World Economic Survey
Sandra Waller, Jakob de Haan 203
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