First published in 1951, and originally delivered as the Newmarch Lectures for 1948-9, this book examines the role of measurement in obtaining and applying economic knowledge. Esteemed economist Richard Stone, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, divides his topic into four sections: questions of fact and empirical constructs; the truth or falsity of a hypothesis; the estimation of parameters; and questions of prediction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in economics and the development of the discipline.
First published in 1951, and originally delivered as the Newmarch Lectures for 1948-9, this book examines the role of measurement in obtaining and applying economic knowledge. Esteemed economist Richard Stone, who went on to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, divides his topic into four sections: questions of fact and empirical constructs; the truth or falsity of a hypothesis; the estimation of parameters; and questions of prediction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in economics and the development of the discipline.
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Inhaltsangabe
List of tables List of diagrams Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. Newmarch and the progress of statistical inquiry 2. Economics and measurement 3. Four types of question in economics Part II. Four Aspects of the Problem of Measurement: 4. Facts and empirical constructs 5. Deductively formulated theories and their verification 6. Postulates for the theory of choice 7. The estimation of parameters 8. The nature of prediction 9. A simple model 10. The development of a linear model over time 11. Prediction and economic policy 12. Practical objections to exact models 13. Prediction from static models Part III. Some Illustrations of the Problems of Measurement: 14. Social Accounting 15. The three forms of economic activity 16. Transactions in the British economy in 1948: an example 17. The derivation of the example from published sources 18. The structure of transactions and some important national aggregates 19. The group structure of transactions 20. Systems of transactions from the viewpoint of accountancy 21. Statistical design in social accounting 22. Market demand from the viewpoint of economic theory 23. Other influences to be taken into account 24. The formulation of market demand relationships 25. Statistical problems 26. Demand analyses for the United Kingdom 27. Demand analyses for the United States of America 28. The sources used in the American analyses 29. Concluding remarks.
List of tables List of diagrams Preface Part I. Introduction: 1. Newmarch and the progress of statistical inquiry 2. Economics and measurement 3. Four types of question in economics Part II. Four Aspects of the Problem of Measurement: 4. Facts and empirical constructs 5. Deductively formulated theories and their verification 6. Postulates for the theory of choice 7. The estimation of parameters 8. The nature of prediction 9. A simple model 10. The development of a linear model over time 11. Prediction and economic policy 12. Practical objections to exact models 13. Prediction from static models Part III. Some Illustrations of the Problems of Measurement: 14. Social Accounting 15. The three forms of economic activity 16. Transactions in the British economy in 1948: an example 17. The derivation of the example from published sources 18. The structure of transactions and some important national aggregates 19. The group structure of transactions 20. Systems of transactions from the viewpoint of accountancy 21. Statistical design in social accounting 22. Market demand from the viewpoint of economic theory 23. Other influences to be taken into account 24. The formulation of market demand relationships 25. Statistical problems 26. Demand analyses for the United Kingdom 27. Demand analyses for the United States of America 28. The sources used in the American analyses 29. Concluding remarks.
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