Future Versus Past: Google Searches Correlated To GDP

Friday, April 6, 2012 - 14:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Countries with a higher per capita gross domestic product (GDP) are more likely to have searches for information about the future than information about the past, according to an analysis of Google search queries in Scientific Reports.Is there a link between online behavior and real-world economic indicators?  Maybe. read more

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