Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- The System of National Accounts -- Implementing the System of National Accounts -- Going Beyond the System of National Accounts -- References -- APPENDIX A Participants, Workshop on Improving Economic Statistics -- APPENDIX B Papers Presented, Workshop on...

ASSIGNING ECONOMIC VALUE TO NATURAL RESOURCES -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Overview -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES AND THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTS -- Historical Background -- National Accounts Dilemmas -- ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING CHALLENGES -- ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING --...

Previous work has analyzed whether luminosity data contain useful information for estimating economic output and concluded that there was significant promise for regions with poor quality economic statistics. The present paper examines alternative measures of the precision of the estimates using...

The present paper examines several issues involved in expanding national economic accounts and quantitative social indicators to include the "consumption" of time. The first part examines this question in the context of the standard national economic accounts. It derives equilibrium conditions...