Estimating Economic Capacity / by Richard E. Gift.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gift, Richard E.

Series:

A University of Kentucky study

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial capacity.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1968.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Noting the variety of methods by which the concept of economic capacity is measured and the different ways that the concept is defined, Richard E. Gift seeks here to develop a conceptual framework within which a meaningful interpretation of these many definitions and measures of productive capacity can be made.Gift's method is to show the common structure that is shared by all capacity concepts and arguments. This structure consists of a list of variables that must always be considered when assessing the economic capacity of productive equipment. He then shows that the problems which arise in

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1. The Determinants of Economic Capacity; 2. Problems of Aggregation and Comparison; 3. Examples of Estimation Problems; 4. The Logic of Capacity Estimation; Index; A; B; C; D; F; H; I; J; K; M; N; O; P; Q; S; T; U; W; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813194639

0813194636

9780813163222

0813163226

OCLC:

582362358