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

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Foss, Murray F., Author.

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):

Flow of funds--United States.

Flow of funds.

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

National income.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

United States national income and product accounts.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c1983.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Prefatory Note

Introduction

1. The United States National Income Accounts, 1947-1977: Their Conceptual Basis and Evolution

2. Quality Adjustment in the Producer Price Indexes

3. Deflation of Defense Purchases

4. Energy Efficiency, User-Cost Change, and the Measurement of Durable Goods Prices

5. Concepts of Quality in Input and Output Price Measures: A Resolution of the User-Value Resource-Cost Debate

6. Round Table of GNP Users

7. The Impact of the 1976 NIPA Benchmark Revision on the Structure and Predictive Accuracy of the BEA Quarterly Econometric Model

8. The GNP Data Improvement Project (The Creamer Report)

Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

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:

9786611223397

9781281223395

1281223395

9780226257297

0226257290

OCLC:

476229827