Ifo Projects 2002 (Selection)

Business Cycle Analyses and Financial Markets (KF) Icon f�r Anker

Public Finance (OES) Icon f�r Anker

Social Policy and Labour Markets (SAM) Icon f�r Anker

Sectors, Industrial Economics and Structural Change (BIS) Icon f�r Anker

Environment, Regions and Transportation (URV) Icon f�r Anker

International Institutional Comparisons (IIV) Icon f�r Anker

Business Surveys (UB) Icon f�r Anker

Dresden Branch (ND) Icon f�r Anker


Business Cycle Analyses & Financial Markets (KF)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Estimation of the Base Values for Capital Investment Subsidies in Eastern Germany for 2001	Federal Ministry of Finance	KF	Oct. 2002
European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG)/Chapter 1: The European Economy: Current Situation and Economic Outlook	CESifo GmbH	KF	On-going
Ifo Economic Forecasts	Internal	KF	On-going
Joint Economic Forecast by the six leading German research institutes	Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour	KF	Twice yearly (until 2007)


Public Finance (OES)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Development of Recent VAT Revenues and Anticipated Fiscal Effects of Reform Proposals for VAT System	Federal Ministry of Finance	�S	Sept. 2002
Old-Age Provision Around the World: Revenues, Benefits, and Taxation	Federal Ministry of Finance	SAM / �S	Dec. 2002
Old-age provision in ageing societies: equity, efficiency, and sustainability	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Government of Japan, Tokyo	SAM / �S	March 2002
Possibilities and Risks of the Introduction of Cross-border Input VAT Deduction System in the EU	Federal Ministry of Finance	�S	March 2002
Reform of the Approach to Social-Welfare Burden Sharing in the Municipal Fiscal Equalisation Scheme of Rhineland-Palatinate III	the Ministry of the Interior and for Sport, Rhineland-Palatinate	OES	July 2002
The Municipal Fiscal Equalisation System in Saxony	The Saxon State Ministry of Finance, Dresden	�S	Jan. 2002


Social Policy and Labour Markets (SAM)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Active Welfare: A path to higher employment and growth	Internal	SAM	May 2002
Old-Age Provision Around the World: Revenues, Benefits, and Taxation	Federal Ministry of Finance	SAM / �S	Nov. 2002
Old-age provision in ageing societies: equity, efficiency, and sustainability	Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Government of Japan, Tokyo	SAM / �S	March 2002
Own-Company Shares and Protection Against Bankruptcy-Risk When Acquisition of Shares has been Publicly Subsidised	Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs	SAM	June 2002


Sectors, Industrial Economics and Structural Change (BIS)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Economic Development of the Music, Sport and Amusement Industry 2001 and Prospects for 2002	Association of the German Coin-operated Machine Industry	BIS	March 2002
EU Eastern Enlargement � Chances and Risks for Construction Firms		BIS	Oct. 2002
EUROCONSTRUCT Analysis and forecasts of the development of construction activity in Europe	Conference participants	BIS	On-going
Ifo Economic Activity Report for the Frankfurt Fair	Frankfurt Fair GmbH	BIS	On-going
Ifo Economic Colloquia	Internal	BIS	On-going
Information system Branchen special	DG-Verlag, Wiesbaden	BIS	On-going
Market Data of the Building Equipment Sector in Germany and selected European Countries	Vereinigung der deutschen Zentralheizungswirtschaft e.V., Vereinigung Deutscher Sanit�rwirtschaft e.V., Messe Frankfurt GmbH	BIS	October 2002
Medium-term Forecast for the German Machine Tool Industry 2000-2004	Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken e.V. (VDW)	BIS	April 2002
Merger of E.ON and Ruhrgas. The economic aspects	E.ON AG	BIS	April 2002
Restriction of Free Circulation of Off-road Machinery in the EU	European Commission, Directorate General "Enterprise"	BIS	Jan. 2002
R&D services in Germany: present situation, market analysis and innovation-policy conclusions	Federal Ministry of Education and Research	BIS	July 2002
Structural Change of Corporate Strategies and Structures in Germany with Regard to new Forms of Financing and Progress in Information and Communication Technologies	Federal Ministry of Economic and Technology	BIS	April 2002


Environment, Regions and Transportation (URV)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Consideration of Environmental Aspects in Direct and Indirect Subsidies	Federal Environment Agency	URV	March 2002
Employment Potential of Sustainable Development	Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin	URV	November 2002
Emissions Trading with Greenhouse Gases in the European Union	Bavarian Ministry (Bayer. Staatsministerium f�r Landesentwicklung und Umweltfragen)	URV	June 2002
Ifo Construction Forecast for Germany	Multi-client study	URV	annual
Joint Project: �koradar	University Hohenheim	URV	Dec. 2002
Owner occupancy ratio in Europe - reasons and general conditions for different owner occupancy ratios in Europe	W�stenrot Foundation	URV	March 2002
The Munich Airport and its Surrounding Area	Bavarian Ministry of Economics, Transport and Technology	URV	May 2002


International Institutional Comparisons (IIV)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Construction of a Database for Institutional Comparisons in Europe	Internal	IIV	On-going
Economic Development and Reforms in Central Asia after the War in Afghanistan	Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Technology	IIV	June 2002
German-Chinese Cooperation in the Field of Empirical Economic Research	Volkswagen Foundation	IIV	June 2002
Higher Co-payments in the German Public Health Insurance � Effects on Allocation, Distribution and the Labour Market	Ifo research project	IIV	December 2002
Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Promotion in Malawi	Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH	IIV	Dec. 2002
Promotion of the Informal Sector for Development in Africa: Phase III	Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH	IIV	March 2002
Support of the Kazakh Economic Research Institute in Almaty in Extending and Increasing its Empirical Research Capacities	Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)	IIV	March 2002


Business Surveys (UB)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Aktienkursprognosen	Internal	UB	On-going
Business-cycle Indicators (industries, Germany, EU)	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going
Early Indicator System for the Economic Development of Industries and Enterprises	Enterprises and federations	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey for Construction	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey for EDP Service Providers	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey for Insurance	Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V., Berlin	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey for Leasing	Bundesverband Deutscher Leasinggesellschaften	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey in Retailing	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey of Window Manufacturers	Internal	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey in Wholesaling	Internal	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey in the Crafts and Trades	Internal	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey of Manufacturing	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going
Ifo Business Survey for Bavaria, Baden-W�rttemberg, Saxony and Thuringia	Ministry of Economics, Bavaria and Thuringia, "F�rderbank" of Baden-W�rttemberg, internal	UB	On-going
Ifo Innovation Survey	Internal	UB	On-going
Ifo Investment Survey for German Commerce	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going, annual survey
Ifo Investment Survey for German Leasing	funded by the EU	UB	On-going
Ifo Investment Survey in the Manufacturing Industry in Eastern Germany	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going, twice yearly survey
Ifo Investment Survey in Western German Construction	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going, twice yearly survey
Ifo Investment Survey of the Eastern German Construction	Partially funded by the EU	UB	On-going, twice yearly survey
Ifo Investment Survey of the Manufacturing Industry in Western Germany	Partially financed by the EU	UB	On-going, twice yearly survey
Ifo World Economic Survey (WES)	financed by the EU	UB	On-going
Invoicing Currency in Germany Exports	Deutsche Bundesbank	UB	On-going, twice yearly survey
Lessee Survey at part of the Ifo Investment Survey	Bundesverband Deutscher Leasinggesellschaften	UB	Annual
Orientation in Complex Information Spaces as an Emergent Behavior of Autonomous Information Agents (IRAIA)	European Commission/ Information Society/ IST Programme (IST-1999-10602), shared cost project	UB	Feb. 2002


Dresden Branch (ND)
Project	Client	Department	Completion date
Industry Reports	Bundesverband der Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken (BVR)	ND	On-going
Location Factors in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary and Saxony's Competitive Position	Wirtschaftsf�rderung Sachsen GmbH	ND	June 2002
Symposium for Economic Research with the Institute for World Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft	ND	August 2002
Working Group on the Business Outlook for Saxony	Internal	ND	On-going

Ifo Projects 2002 (Selection)

Business Cycle Analyses & Financial Markets (KF)

Public Finance (OES)

Social Policy and Labour Markets (SAM)

Sectors, Industrial Economics and Structural Change (BIS)

Environment, Regions and Transportation (URV)

International Institutional Comparisons (IIV)

Business Surveys (UB)

Dresden Branch (ND)