ifo Media Center
The ifo Institute invites you to participate in the discussion of interesting economic topics via the Internet. In our ifo Media Center a whole series of remarkable events are available and can be viewed in full length. We also record selected speeches and presentations given by employees or at events and make them available in our Media Center.
Newsroom
The ifo Institute prepares the results of its research for consumption by a wide variety of target groups.
Facts
The ifo Institute's facts include the results of our surveys and forecasts. The ifo surveys include, for example, the monthly ifo Business Surveys, from which the ifo Business Climate Indicator is calculated, or the Randstad-ifo Personnel Manager Survey. In the area of forecasts, we distinguish between ifo's own economic forecasts and forecasts on which we collaborate with other research institutes, such as the Joint Economic Forecast.
Big Data Economics
New insights through innovative datasets? Answers to economic questions in real time? With the help of new data sources and methods and thanks to collaboration with companies and public administration, research questions can be addressed faster, more precisely, and in greater depth.
Center of Excellence for Migration and Integration Research (CEMIR)
The ifo Center of Excellence for Migration and Integration Research (CEMIR) combines expertise from different research institutions and countries, and hitherto often separated fields in economics. Through this, it contributes towards answering the questions concerning optimal immigration policies.
Fossil Resource Markets and Climate Policy: Stranded Assets, Expectations and the Political Economy of Climate Change (FoReSee)
The FoReSee research project (Fossil Resource Markets and Climate Policy: Stranded Assets, Expectations and the Political Economy of Climate Change) analyzes the interplay between policies to mitigate global climate change and the behavior of various participants in financial and fossil fuel markets.
Research data offered by the EBDC
The Economics & Business Data Center (EBDC) is a combined platform for empirical research in business administration and economics of the Ludwig–Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and the ifo Institute. It aims to open up new fields for empirical research in business administration and economics.
Here you can find all research datasets offered by the EBDC including documentation as well as the data repository.
Events
With its events, the ifo Institute brings together scientists, decision-makers and opinion leaders and shapes the economic policy and scientific debate.
Research
There are nine research fields at the ifo Institute. Further topics are covered by the Taxation and Fiscal Policy research group, the LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center and the ifo’s Dresden branch. These units each have a discrete positioning, follow their own characteristic research program and offer specific services. At the same time, they are closely linked and all contribute to the common theme of the ifo Institute.
Topics
Research conducted at the ifo Institute provides the basis for a fact-based debate on current economic issues.
About the ifo Institute
“Shaping the Economic Debate”: The ifo Institute wants to help shape the economic policy debate in Germany and Europe.
Publications
An important goal of the ifo Institute is to make its scientific findings, analyses, survey results, and statements accessible to as many people as possible.
