Diese Übersetzung ist nicht offiziell; verbindlich ist nur der im Bundesgesetzblatt veröffentlichte deutsche Text.

This translation is not official; the only authentic text is the German one as published in the Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt).

INEXDA provides a framework for investigating possibilities to harmonise access procedures and metadata structures, to develop comparable structures for existing data and to further foster efficiency of statistical work with granular data. The ultimate aim is to facilitate the use of granular data for analytical, research and comparative purposes by users outside the participating institutions, within the limits set by the applicable confidentiality regimes.

What is the appropriate exchange rate at which neither domestic nor foreign firms gain an unfair competitive advantage? A new study examines whether the estimation methods currently being used are conducive to answering this question. It turns out that this is often not the case.