| Quantitative research, Indices and Surveys |
Quantitative research / / Qualitative Research / / Philosophical ResearchFollowing the classical dogma of empirism (“Only those facts exist, who are allowed by the method of me and my fellows”) economic researchers in general only collect and interpret statistical facts. Econometrics became more and more important and today are the base for most of the economic research. Cultures of Corruption, provided by Edward Miguel, California 2006 - sorry, very slow website Energy in the Mediterran area, provided by The Club of Rome, Hamburg 2006 This is an economic research too: a forecast on the potential of Solar - Download PDF (340KB) What to know about Shadow Economies, provided by Friedrich Schneider, University of Linz, 2006 - Download PDF (303KB) What you should know about Mainstream Benchmark Indices The most popular Indices in Global Economy are rankings and will be mentioned here. The Global Freeware Index is on the way to contribute a Global Index Benchmark - the best way to compare the intention and the results of competing Indices. The following Indices will be featured here and prepared for you to download: 1) The Global Competitiveness Report, provided by the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland - Download XLS (56,5KB) 2) The Envioronmental Sustainability Index, provided by Yale and Columbia University - Download PDF (2.702KB) 3) The Shadow Economies Index, provided by the University of Linz, Austria - Download PDF (331KB) 4) The World Bank Development Index, provided by the World Bank, Washington D.C. - Download XLS (32KB) 5) The Bertelesmann Transformation Atlas, provided by the Bertelesmann Foundation, Gütersloh, Germany - Download Flash File (4,15MB) 8) Country Policy & Institutional Assessment 9) Business Enterprise Environment Survey 11) Bertelsmann Transformation Index |