This article gives methodological guidance on how best to compare the share of profits in value-added across countries using national accounts. Such comparisons are often based on accounts for institutional sectors such as non-financial corporations. It turns out that these are less...

In den USA wird seit 1996 die Wachstumsrate des realen BIP auf der Basis eines "chain-type annual-weighted" Fischer-Index ermittelt, d.h. die Wachstumsrate des realen BIP ist zwar unabhängig vom Basisjahr, andererseits ist aber nicht mehr gewährleistet, dass das BIP gleich der Summe seiner...

According to KENDRICK (1996, p. 1), National Accounts have become "an indispensable tool for macroeconomic analysis, projections, and policy formulation". The paper elaborates on this statement, addressing policy domains that rely heavily on National Accounts data. Yet - useful as they are -...