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Measuring performance heterogeneity within groups : a two-dimensional approach
Fritsch, Michael; Stephan, Andreas - 2004
We introduce a new two-dimensional measure for the heterogeneity of performance within groups of economic units. This … the new measure leads to a much more differentiated description of heterogeneity than alternative measures, for example …, the mean or range. In particular, we provide an example to demonstrate that the proposed measure of heterogeneity is …
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Measuring competitiveness
Neary, J. Peter - 2005
This paper reviews alternative approaches to measuring an economy´s cost competitiveness and proposes some new measures derived from the economic theory of index numbers. The indices provide a theoretical benchmark for estimated real effective exchange rates, but differ from standard measures...
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Computing Additive Chained Volume Measures of GDP Subaggregates
Dumagan, Jesus C. - 2010
This paper derives formulas for additive "chained volume measures" (CVMs) of GDP subaggregates depending on the underlying GDP quantity index. In turn, this paper explains why the formulas used in current practice yield nonadditive CVMs. This paper's additive formulas have significant practical...
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Measuring a new aspect of ethnicity: The appropriate diversity index
Kolo, Philipp - 2012
Combined with the expansion of economic literature on the role of ethnicity, new indices were developed to do justice to its complexity. The current indices are generally based on pre-defined groups, disregarding the (dis)similarities between them. This is sufficient to calculate the most common...
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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - 2005
heterogeneity in the degree of globalization over time and across countries and regions of the World, as well as within countries …
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Measuring service quality: The opinion of Europeans about utilities
Ferrari, Pieralda A.; Salini, Silvia - 2008
This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of the service quality perceived by users is usually based on Customer Satisfaction Survey data and an ex-post evaluation is...
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Measurement in Economics and Social Science
Hillinger, Claude - 2007
The paper discusses measurement, primarily in economics, from both analytical and historical perspectives. The historical section traces the commitment to ordinalism on the part of economic theorists from the doctrinal disputes between classical economics and marginalism, through the struggle of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427500
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Messung ökonomischer Integration in der Europäischen Union: Entwicklung eines EU-Integrationsindexes
König, Jörg; Ohr, Renate - 2012
Der Begriff der europäischen Integration findet in wissenschaftlichen Beiträgen und politi-schen Debatten zwar große Verwendung, eine einheitliche Definition existiert jedoch nicht. Hierdurch sind Integrationsschritte oder -prozesse kaum quantifizierbar. Auch wird selten darauf eingegangen,...
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Measuring Segregation
Frankel, David M.; Volij, Oscar - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2007
We propose a set of axioms for the measurement of school-based segregation withany number of ethnic groups. These axioms are motivated by two criteria. The first isevenness: how much do ethnic groups’ distributions across schools differ? The secondis representativeness: how different are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360828
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Measurement in economics and social science
Hillinger, Claude - 2007
The paper discusses measurement, primarily in economics, from both analytical and historical perspectives. The historical section traces the commitment to ordinalism on the part of economic theorists from the doctrinal disputes between classical economics and marginalism, through the struggle of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003470555