Search Results - subject:"Statistical Artefacts"

Trying to assess the quality of macroeconomic data: The case of Swiss labour productivity growth as an example

Hartwig, Jochen - 2007

Macroeconomic data are indispensable for modern governance, yet it is often unclear how reliable these data are. The production process of macroeconomic data inside the statistical offices is often not very transparent for the general public. Bystanders usually have no choice but to take for...

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Trying to Assess the Quality of Macroeconomic Data – the Case of Swiss Labour Productivity Growth as an Example

Hartwig, Jochen - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2007

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On misusing national accounts data for governance purposes

Hartwig, Jochen - 2005

According to KENDRICK (1996, p. 1), National Accounts have become an indispensable tool for macroeconomic analysis, projections, and policy formulation. The paper elaborates on this statement, addressing policy domains that rely heavily on National Accounts data. Yet - useful as they are -...

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On misusing National Accounts data for governance purposes

Hartwig, Jochen - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2005

According to KENDRICK (1996, p. 1), National Accounts have become “an indispensable tool for macroeconomic analysis, projections, and policy formulation”. The paper elaborates on this statement, addressing policy domains that rely heavily on National Accounts data. Yet – useful as they are...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227321

Trying to assess the quality of macroeconomic data: The case of Swiss labour productivity growth as an example

Hartwig, Jochen - In: OECD Journal: Journal of Business Cycle Measurement and … 2008 (2008) 1, pp. 37-61

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Messprobleme bei der Ermittlung des Wachstums der Arbeitsproduktivität - dargestellt anhand eines Vergleichs der Schweiz mit den USA / Measurement Problems with Respect to Labour Productivity Growth - Illustrated by a Comparison of Switzerland with the United States

Hartwig, Jochen - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 226 (2006) 4, pp. 418-435

. Comparing the U.S. with Switzerland, we show this view to rely - at least in part - on statistical artefacts. …

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Messprobleme bei der Ermittlung des Wachstums der Arbeitsproduktivitaet - dargestellt anhand eines Vergleichs der Schweiz mit den USA

Hartwig, Jochen - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 226 (2006) 4, pp. 418-435

the U.S. with Switzerland, we show this view to rely - at least in part - on statistical artefacts. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837627