Fifty years of economic measurement : the jubilee of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth / edited by Ernst R. Berndt and Jack E. Triplett.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Berndt, Ernst R.

Triplett, Jack E.

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth. 50th Anniversary Conference (1988 : Washington, D.C.)

Conference Name:

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth. 50th Anniversary Conference (1988 : Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 54.

Studies in income and wealth ; v. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth--Congresses.

Conference on Research in Income and Wealth.

Income--Congresses.

Income.

Wealth--Congresses.

Wealth.

Saving and investment--Congresses.

Saving and investment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains papers presented at a conference in May 1988 in Washington, D.C., commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW). The call for papers emphasized assessments of broad topics in economic measurement, both conceptual and pragmatic. The organizers desired (and succeeded in obtaining) a mix of papers that, first, illustrate the range of measurement issues that economics as a science must confront and, second, mark major milestones of CRIW accomplishment. The papers concern prices and output (Griliche

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Prefatory Note

Introduction

1. The Conference on Research in Income and Wealth: The Early Years

2. Luncheon in Honor of Individuals and Institutions Participating in the First Income and Wealth Conference (December 1936-January 1937)

3. Productivity and Economic Growth

4. The Measurement of Capital

5. Issues in the Measurement and Interpretation of Saving and Wealth

6. Hedonic Price Indexes and the Measurement of Capital and Productivity : Some Historical Reflections

7. Hedonic Methods in Statistical Agency Environments: An Intellectual Biopsy

8. The Measurement of Construction Prices: Retrospect and Prospect

9. Data Difficulties in Labor Economics

10. Demands for Data and Analysis Induced by Environmental Policy

11. Measuring Tax Burden: A Historical Perspective

12. Policy Users' Panel

Addresses of Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Contains part of the papers and discussion presented at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth held May 12-14, 1988, in Washington, D.C.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611430757

9781281430755

1281430757

9780226044316

0226044319

OCLC:

476228298