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Three centuries of macro-economic statistics
Bos, Frits - 2011
linked to the economic circumstances: the economic crisis of the thirties, the Second World War and the need for recovery … practice have increasingly been dominated by these guidelines. The period since the Second World War can thus best be labelled … World War. After gaining wider acceptance and maturity, a great deal of them has been included in the guidelines and some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015229755
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Gross Domestic Product – National Income of Romania 1862 – 2010. Secular statistical series and methodological foundations
Axenciuc, Victor; Georgescu, George - 2017
dynamics of the economic and social development of all countries in the world, the book focuses on Romania, from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015259306
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Produsul intern brut. Istorie, relevanţă şi limitări în interpretare
Georgescu, George - 2016
Despite theoretical and methodological improvements by national accounts framework revisions, not without disputes and confrontations of views, the growing complexity of economic and social phenomena under globalization circumstances has led to increasing difficulties in the design, monitoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015252580
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The Gross Domestic Product. History, relevance and limitations in its interpretation
Georgescu, George - 2016
Despite theoretical and methodological improvements by national accounts framework revisions, not without disputes and confrontations of views, the growing complexity of economic and social phenomena under globalization circumstances has led to increasing difficulties in the design, monitoring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015253108
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Social Quality and Precarity: Approaching New Patterns of Societal (Dis)Integration
Herrmann, Peter; van der Maesen, Laurent J.G. - 2008
The main issue of this article is to discuss the question of ‘precarity’ in the context of the theory of social quality (see Beck et al, 2001), with which to pave the way for developing further the theoretical foundation of precarity. Societal practice is the main challenge this concept...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015216169
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Price adjustment under the table: Evidence on efficiency-enhancing corruption
Levy, Daniel - 2007
Based on first-hand account, this paper offers evidence on price setting and price adjustment mechanisms that were illegally employed under the Soviet planning and rationing regime. The evidence is anecdotal, and is based on personal experience during the years 1960–1971 in the Republic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217716
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Conceptual Framework for the Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Athurupane, Prabhasara; Wickramsinghe, Bhagya - 2019
This paper seeks to evaluate the role of ICT in achieving the sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015. While SDGs do not specifically address ICT, or include a goal on development of ICT, as argued (Berleur & Avgerou, 2005)in this paper, it is an underlying element...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012116030
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Audit the Federal Reserve?
Barnett, William A. - 2010
An independent institute for monetary statistics is needed in the United States. Expanded Congressional audit would be a second best alternative, but would not fully address the needs and would carry risks.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015220150
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Balance of payments consistent unreported flows
Beja, Edsel Jr. - 2010
The paper develops a Balance of Payments (BOP)-consistent procedure for estimating unreported flows. Using data between 1990 and 2007, total unreported flows of selected Asian countries is estimated at $4.7 trillion, or more than 80% of the countries’ 2007 total gross domestic product. Results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015221968
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The National Accounts as a Tool for Analysis and Policy; History, Economic Theory and Data Compilation Issues
Bos, Frits - 2009
Without national accounts statistics, citizens, politicians, entrepreneurs and economists would be blind for the size, composition and development of national economies. This book provides a unique overview of the merits and limitations of the national accounts. Attention is paid to the three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015222167