Lupi, Claudio; Peracchi, Franco - Dipartimento di Economia, Gestione, Società e … - 2003
The use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a summary measure of the level of economic activity is pervasive in empirical economics, policy analysis and forecasting. This pervasive role of GDP and its nature of "public good" raises obvious problems of timeliness and accuracy of the data. A...