Micro Data at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research – The “Ifo Business Survey” Usage and Access

Abstract

The Ifo Institute for Economic Research has been conducting regular business surveys since its foundation in 1949. The most well-known of Ifo’s surveys is the Ifo Business Survey (ifo Konjunkturtest). The micro data of the Ifo Business Survey are accessible to external researchers on-site at Ifo as part of the Ifo DataPool, Ifo’s research data centre. This article gives an introduction of the survey questions and data coverage, an overview of past and present research with the Ifo Business Survey, and describes the data access procedure. JEL Code: C0, C8.