A monthly consumption indicator for Germany based on internet search query data

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 683-687

  Vosen, Simeon ^a   Schmidt, Torsten ^a  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coincident indicator; Consumption; Forecasting; Google trends

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING METHOD; INTERNET; MACROECONOMICS;

GERMANY;

EID: 80051929887     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2011.595673     Document Type: Article

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