Subramanian, Subbu - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 6 (2012) 2012-8, pp. 1-21
Despite the formal rigour that attends social and economic measurement, the substantive meaning of particular measures could be compromised in the absence of a clear and coherent conceptualization of the phenomenon being measured. A case in point is afforded by the status of a focus-axiom in the...