The purpose of this manuscript is to quantify exactly how much information and/or predictive content is contained in business sentiment surveys. This paper uses techniques drawn from information theory econometrics, and more specifically the theory of information entropy, to characterize the...

Purpose – The purpose of this manuscript is to quantify exactly how much information and/or predictive content is contained in business sentiment surveys. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses techniques drawn from information theory econometrics, and more specifically the theory of...

This paper addresses the recent adoption of economics standards in the state of Indiana. The analysis is based on responses to a survey instrument that was designed to obtain information about the demographic profile of high school economics teachers, their coverage of the topic areas included...