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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450900103321

Autore

Foss Murray F.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1983

ISBN

1-281-22339-5

9786611223397

0-226-25729-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Studies in income and wealth ; ; v. 47

Altri autori (Persone)

FossMurray F

Disciplina

330 s339.373

330 s 339.373

339.373

Soggetti

Flow of funds - United States

National income - United States - Accounting

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at the Conference on National Income and Product Accounts of the United States, held May 3-4, 1979 in Washington, D.C.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.