Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys

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Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys
(CIRET)
founding 1960
Seat Zurich , Switzerland
precursor Contact International des Recherches Economiques Tendancielles until 1971,
Center for Economic Tendency Surveys until 1999
purpose Research into business cycles and their effects on economic and social issues
Chair Jan-Egbert Sturm
Website www.ciret.org

The Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys (German: Center for the international research of business surveys , abbreviation: CIRET) is an association of scientists and institutions that research the development of business cycles and their effects on economic and social issues, especially with the Instrument of business surveys . It was founded in 1960 and is based at the KOF Economic Research Center of the ETH Zurich in Switzerland. The current president is Jan-Egbert Sturm .

aims

The goals are:

  • "To contribute to the international development, conducting and use of business and other economic surveys of enterprises and consumers" and the
  • “To develop, encourage and improve communication, exchange, contacts and cooperation between national and international providers and users of [such] surveys” (“to develop, encourage and improve communication, exchange, contacts and cooperation among national and international suppliers and users of [such] surveys ").

In practice, CIRET follows a broader definition of its tasks, which describes it as "being a forum for leading economists and institutions concerned with analyzing and predicting the development of the business cycle and its economic and socio-political consequences," at the same time take into account the results of business surveys, which usually contain qualitative questions "(" [being a] forum for leading economists and institutions concerned with analyzing and predicting the development of the business cycle and the economic and socio-political consequences. At the same time they Also consider the outcome of economic tendency surveys which usually contain questions relating to quality ").

Members

As of January 2018, there are, according to the company, the following members: 55 national institutions ( universities , statistical offices , national banks , public and private research institutions) from 32 countries as well as international organizations such as the European Commission , the European Central Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and development .

Conferences and workshops

CIRET describes its conferences as the "main event [s] among the association's activities. They have been held every other year since 1953. Between 65 (Hangzhou, 2014) and 115 (New York, 2010) scientific papers have been presented at the conferences in recent years. The main speakers of the past CIRET conferences were former chairman of the Federal Reserve , Paul A. Volcker (New York, USA, 2010), David F. Hendry (Vienna, Austria, 2012), Bruno Frey (Vienna, Austria, 2012 ), M. Hashem Pesaran (Hangzhou, China, 2014), and Lucrezia Reichlin (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2016).

Since 2008, the Fundação Getulio Vargas has presented the Isaac Kerstenetzky Award at the conferences in three categories: Lifetime Award (formerly: Scholarly Achievement Award), Best Paper Award and Young Economists' Best Paper Award. The prize is intended to "promote research on economic developments possibly using data gained from business and consumer tendency surveys", if possible using data obtained from business and consumer surveys. . It is given in honor of Isaac Kerstenetzky , a Brazilian economist who launched the first business survey in South America.

CIRET workshops have been held since 2009 in the years without the CIRET Conference. The workshops are smaller compared to the conferences and follow narrower, more specific topics.

Publications

Since 2016, CIRET has published the Journal of Business Cycle Research in collaboration with Springer Science + Business Media . This journal is the successor to the Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and Analysis , which was published by CIRET from 2004 to 2016 together with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development .

history

The roots of the association go back to 1952, when an informal group of economists from the Ifo Institute (Germany), the Institut National de la Statistique (INSEE, France) and the Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce started their collaboration in the field of business surveys under the name CIMCO ( Comité International pour l'Etude des Méthodes Conjoncturelles) intensified.

In 1960 this informal collaboration was institutionalized through the establishment of the "Contact International des Recherches Economiques Tendancielles" (CIRET). The seat was at the Econometrisch Instituut (Netherlands). There was also a documentation center at the Ifo Institute .

In 1971, the CIRET and its documentation center were merged, renamed the "Center for Economic Tendency Surveys" and completely relocated to the Ifo Institute .

In 1999 the association was placed on a new legal basis under Belgian law. Its headquarters and office were relocated to the KOF Economic Research Center at ETH Zurich . CIRET now stands for "Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of CIRET . In: Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys . Archived from the original on December 20, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012. 
  2. ↑ a b Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys: CIRET's Statutes ( English ) Article 3. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b About Us ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  4. ↑ Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys: Members by Institution ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Conferences . Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Table of Conferences . Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ There was an exception to the rule that CIRET conferences take place every other year: After the conference in 1999 (Wellington, New Zealand), the next conference followed in 2000 (Paris, France).
  8. ↑ Program of the 30th CIRET Conference ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Accessed January 7 2018th
  9. ^ David F. Hendry: What Do We Really Know about Economic Forecasting? . Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  10. ↑ a b Program of the 31st CIRET Conference ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  11. ↑ Hangzhou 2014 . Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  12. ↑ Session Table of the 32nd CIRET Conference ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  13. ↑ Copenhagen 2016 ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  14. ↑ Lucrezia Reichlin: Now-casting . Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  15. ↑ a b c Isaac Kerstenetzky Award ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  16. ↑ Winners of the Isaac Kerstenetzky Award ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  17. ↑ Life and work of Isaac Kerstenetzky ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  18. ↑ Workshops ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved on January 7, 2018.
  19. ↑ History ( English ) Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Accessed January 7 2018th