In Search of Information : Use of Google Trends' Data to Narrow Information Gaps for Low-income Developing Countries /

Timely data availability is a long-standing challenge in policy-making and analysis for low-income developing countries. This paper explores the use of Google Trends' data to narrow such information gaps and finds that online search frequencies about a country significantly correlate with macro...

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Huvudupphovsman: Narita, Futoshi
Övriga upphovsmän: Yin, Rujun
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/286
Länkar:Full text available on IMF