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Wie schwer fällt es Manager*innen, den Verlauf zukünftiger Geschäfte vorherzusagen? Das neue Maß der ifo Geschäftsunsicherheit

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  • Stefan Lautenbacher
  • Stefan Sauer
  • Klaus Wohlrabe

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Seit der globalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise wurden zur Messung von Unsicherheit viele Proxy-Maße entwickelt. Entscheidend für die Auswirkung von Unsicherheit auf wirtschaftliche Entscheidungen und die Konjunktur ist jedoch in den meisten Fällen die tatsächlich wahrgenommene Unsicherheit von Marktteilnehmern. Dieser Artikel stellt das neue Maß der ifo Geschäftsunsicherheit vor, das misst, wie schwer es Manager*innen fällt, den Verlauf der zukünftigen Geschäftsentwicklung ihres Unternehmens vorherzusagen. Erste Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Unsicherheit unter den Unternehmen zu Beginn der Coronakrise deutlich angestiegen ist. Seitdem ist sie etwas gesunken, aber sie verbleibt auf erhöhtem Niveau. Neben einer Betrachtung nach Wirtschaftssektoren wird das neue Maß mit einem weiteren Unsicherheitsindikator verglichen und dem ifo Geschäftsklimaindex gegenübergestellt. Das neue Unsicherheitsmaß liefert einen Beitrag zur Einschätzung aktueller konjunktureller Entwicklungen und wird ab sofort regelmäßig in den Pressemitteilungen zum ifo Geschäftsklimaindex dokumentiert.

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  • Stefan Lautenbacher & Stefan Sauer & Klaus Wohlrabe, 2020. "Wie schwer fällt es Manager*innen, den Verlauf zukünftiger Geschäfte vorherzusagen? Das neue Maß der ifo Geschäftsunsicherheit," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 73(12), pages 32-35, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:73:y:2020:i:12:p:32-35
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    Keywords

    Management; Unternehmen; Risiko; Entscheidung unter Unsicherheit;
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    JEL classification:

    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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