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UNINA9910967444703321 |
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Titolo |
The measurement of capital / / edited by Dan Usher |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1980 |
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ISBN |
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9786611431143 |
9781281431141 |
1281431141 |
9780226843025 |
0226843025 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (570 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Studies in income and wealth ; ; v. 45 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Capital - United States |
Capital - Statistical methods |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Prefatory Note -- Introduction -- 1 Estimation of Capital Stock in the United States -- 2 Economic Depreciation and the Taxation of Structures in United States Manufacturing Industries: An Empirical Analysis -- 3 Alternative Measures of Capital and Its Rate of Return in United States Manufacturing -- 4 New Books on the Measurement of Capital -- 5 Capital Gains and Income: Real Changes in the Value of Capital in the United States, 1946-77 -- 6 Measurement of Income and Product in the Oil and Gas Mining Industries -- 7 The Measurement of Capital Aggregates: A Postreswitching Problem -- 8 Aggregation Problems in the Measurement of Capital -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How is real capital measured by government statistical agencies? How could this measure be improved to correspond more closely to an economist's ideal measure of capital in economic analysis and prediction? It is possible to construct a single, reliable time series for all capital goods, regardless of differences in vintage, technological complexity, and rates of depreciation? These questions represent the |
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