We examine methods used to survey firms on their management and organizational practices. We contrast the strengths and weaknesses of ?open ended questions? (like the World Management Survey) with ?closed questions? (like the MOPS). For this type of data, open ended questions give higher quality responses, but are more costly than closed question-based surveys.

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19 January 2016     Paper Number CEPOP46

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This CEP occasional paper is published under the centre's Growth programme.