their models, while aggregate indicators such as GDP failed in spite (or perhaps because) of their heavy emphasis on … financially driven growth. In contrast to both critics and proponents of GDP who see it as a purely statistical measure, this … article argues that GDP is in fact a form of numerical rhetoric. Political messages in such estimates were explicit until the …

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most widely used indicator from the system of national accounts. Although often …

When considering issues of measuring welfare beyond gross domestic product (GDP), a key ongoing, but unfinished, agenda … approximation of the value added by key public services, and thus their contribution to GDP. New data and intelligent use of …

Measurement errors in macroeconomic aggregates such as GDP have been widely lamented, particularly in low … micro-survey estimates, suggesting real rates of total GDP growth may have been overestimated by 1 percentage point over the …

The study of growth in African economies during the 20th Century is hampered by the lack of historical GDP estimates … accounts has not yet been assembled. This paper provides GDP estimates for some former British colonies between 1900 - 1950 …

indices (CPI, core CPI, and GDP deflator) when modeling the effects of oil price increases. This distinction has important … targeting the change in the GDP deflator is an inferior monetary policy strategy in the presence of oil price shocks. …