We thank Wolfgang Meister for sharing his knowledge regarding data revisions in Germany and his excellent research assistance, and Theo Eicher for his comments. This research project was started while Jan-Egbert Sturm was associated with and Jan Jacobs was visiting the Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Germany. The present version of the paper has benefited from comments following presentations at the Victor Zarnowitz Seminar, RWI, Essen, Germany, June 2003, and the Academic Use of Ifo Survey Data Conference, Munich, Germany, December 2003.
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Jacobs, J., Sturm, JE. (2005). Do Ifo Indicators Help Explain Revisions in German Industrial Production?. In: Sturm, JE., Wollmershäuser, T. (eds) Ifo Survey Data in Business Cycle and Monetary Policy Analysis. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1605-1_5
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