Meaning and measurement of national accounts statistics

This paper provides an introductory overview of the meaning and measurement of national accounts statistics. Attention is paid to the various uses of national accounts, the role of the international guidelines, the relationship with economic theoretic and administrative concepts and the measurement practice. The latter is also compared with compiling other statistics, econometric modelling and a barometer: what are the similarities and differences?

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Year of publication:	2013-02
Authors:	Bos, Frits
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Uses of national accounts \| history of national accounting and macro-economic statistics \| relevance and reliability of the national accounts \| Petty \| King \| Vauban \| Quesnay \| Keynes \| Clark \| Kuznets \| Leontief \| Tinbergen \| Hicks \| Stone \| Meade \| guidelines on national accounting \| European unification \| macro-economic modeling and forecasting \| GDP \| economic growth and welfare \| measurement in economics

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology. General ; C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs ; D7 - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making ; E01 - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth ; E6 - Macroeconomic Policy Formation, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, Macroeconomic Policy, and General Outlook ; O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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