Beitrag zu Sammelwerk
The LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center (EBDC)
Sebastian Wichert, Heike Mittelmeier, Valentin Reich, Michael Rindler
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100, 245-255
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100, 245-255
The LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center (EBDC) is the joint Research Data Center
(RDC) of the ifo Institute, the LMU Munich’s Department of Economics, and the LMU Munich
School of Management. It was founded in 2008 with the financial support of LMU’s long-term
strategy program “LMUexcellent”. In 2011, the EBDC was accredited as an RDC by the German
Data Forum (Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (RatSWD)). Therefore, the EBDC provides
non-discriminatory access to its research data free of charge, is subject to annual monitoring,
and participates in a standardized, impartial mechanism for resolving user complaints, among
other things. In 2014, micro-data from official statistics became available at the EBDC through
cooperation with the Bavarian State Office for Statistics. The EBDC is well connected in
the research data sphere in Germany and beyond: It is i.a. part of the national research
data infrastructure (NFDI), the Statistik Netzwerk Bayern as well as Leibniz research network
“LeibnizData”. In these networks, the EBDC and its partners are promoting better access to and
linking of research data. In order to better address the growing importance of research data
and the diverse tasks it has taken on since its foundation, the EBDC has been continuously
expanded in terms of personnel and infrastructure and has become an independent researchoriented infrastructure and service center within the ifo Institute since 2022.
Schlagwörter: ifo Business Survey, ifo Business Climate, business cycle indicators, survey methodology, education survey, expert surveys
JEL Klassifikation: C010, C530, C810, C830
Enthalten in Zeitschrift bzw. Sammelwerk
Monographie (Herausgeberschaft)
Handbook of ifo Surveys
Stefan Sauer, Moritz Schasching, Klaus Wohlrabe
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100