The U.S. national income and product accounts : selected topics / edited by Murray F. Foss.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Foss, Murray F.

Conference Name:

Conference on National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (1979 : Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 47.

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National income--United States--Accounting--Congresses.

National income.

United States.

Accounting.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 438 pages : graphs ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

United States national income and product accounts.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1983]

Summary:

The main topics treated in this conference volume are problems of deflation and quality change, the adequacy of the data used to construct the U.S. national accounts, and the broad theoretical evolution of the U.S. national income and product accounts. As these topics suggest, this volume represents a new stage in the study of national income and product accounts in that emphasis is placed on the information content of the system rather than on the structure of the accounts. This new emphasis is highlighted by the inclusion of a discussion among prominent users of the national accounts--Lawrence Klein, Otto Eckstein, Alan Greenspan, and Arthur Okun--that indicates the difficulties that confront those who utilize this information.

Notes:

Papers presented at the Conference on National Income and Product Accounts of the United States, held May 3-4, 1979 in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

0226257282 :

OCLC:

8533610