Publisher's Synopsis
Karl Heinrich Oppenländer, Günter Poser, and Bernd Schips present a comprehensive collection of selected papers from the 24th CIRET (Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys) Conference. Areas selected include leading indicators and turning points, classifications of business cycles, survey data and policy decisions, attitudes and behaviour of firms, and economic forecasting. An essential volume for researchers, bankers, entrepreneurs, politicians and academics concerned with the use of business and consumer surveys in a global context.