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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Autor principal: Narita, Futoshi
Otros Autores: Yin, Rujun
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/286
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF