Measurement in Economics
A Handbook
- 1st Edition - August 17, 2007
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Marcel Boumans
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 5 1 6 1 - 6
Measurement in Economics: a Handbook aims to serve as a source, reference, and teaching supplement for quantitative empirical economics, inside and outside the laboratory. Coveri… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMeasurement in Economics: a Handbook aims to serve as a source, reference, and teaching supplement for quantitative empirical economics, inside and outside the laboratory. Covering an extensive range of fields in economics: econometrics, actuarial science, experimental economics, index theory, national accounts, and economic forecasting, it is the first book that takes measurement in economics as its central focus. It shows how different and sometimes distinct fields share the same kind of measurement problems and so how the treatment of these problems in one field can function as a guidance in other fields. This volume provides comprehensive and up-to-date surveys of recent developments in economic measurement, written at a level intended for professional use by economists, econometricians, statisticians and social scientists.
*Integrative approach of measurement in economics
*Multi-disciplinary chapters
*Research practice orientation
*Multi-disciplinary chapters
*Research practice orientation
Graduate students, researchers and professionals in empirical economics and econometrics as well as social science, methodology and philosophy of science
Part I: General
Chap 1 Introduction
Marcel Boumans
Chap 2 Representational theory of measurement
Joel Michell
Chap 3 Measurability
Luca Mari
Chap 4 Measurement with experimental controls
Glenn W. Harrison, Eric Johnson, Melayne M. McInnes and E. Elisabet Rutström
Chap 5 An analytical history of measuring practices: the case of velocities of money
Mary S. Morgan
Part II: Representation in Economics
Chap 6 Representation in Economics
Roger E. Backhouse
Chap 7 Axiomatic price index theory
Marshall B. Reinsdorf
Chap 8 National accounts and indicators
Frank A.G. den Butter
Chap 9 Invariance and calibration
Marcel Boumans
Part III: Representation in Econometrics
Chap 10 Representation in econometrics: a historical perspective
Duo Qin and Christopher L. Gilbert
Chap 11 Structure
Hsiang-Ke Chao
Chap 12 Local sensitivity in econometrics
Jan R. Magnus
Chap 13 The empirical significance of models
Thomas Mayer
Part IV: Precision
Chap 14 Precision
Theodore M. Porter
Chap 15 Models of decision and choice
Peter G. Moffatt
Chap 16 Least squares regression: Graduation and Filters
Tommaso Proietti and Alessandra Luati
Chap 17 Accuracy and timeliness
Dennis Fixler
Chap 1 Introduction
Marcel Boumans
Chap 2 Representational theory of measurement
Joel Michell
Chap 3 Measurability
Luca Mari
Chap 4 Measurement with experimental controls
Glenn W. Harrison, Eric Johnson, Melayne M. McInnes and E. Elisabet Rutström
Chap 5 An analytical history of measuring practices: the case of velocities of money
Mary S. Morgan
Part II: Representation in Economics
Chap 6 Representation in Economics
Roger E. Backhouse
Chap 7 Axiomatic price index theory
Marshall B. Reinsdorf
Chap 8 National accounts and indicators
Frank A.G. den Butter
Chap 9 Invariance and calibration
Marcel Boumans
Part III: Representation in Econometrics
Chap 10 Representation in econometrics: a historical perspective
Duo Qin and Christopher L. Gilbert
Chap 11 Structure
Hsiang-Ke Chao
Chap 12 Local sensitivity in econometrics
Jan R. Magnus
Chap 13 The empirical significance of models
Thomas Mayer
Part IV: Precision
Chap 14 Precision
Theodore M. Porter
Chap 15 Models of decision and choice
Peter G. Moffatt
Chap 16 Least squares regression: Graduation and Filters
Tommaso Proietti and Alessandra Luati
Chap 17 Accuracy and timeliness
Dennis Fixler
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 17, 2007
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 458
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080551616
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Marcel Boumans
Marcel Boumans is Associate Professor Methodology and History of Economics at the University of Amsterdam. His studies of (empirical) economic research practices focus on three topics: Measurement, Modeling, and Application of mathematical concepts and techniques, on which he published recently a book How Economists Model the World into Numbers (2005, Routledge).
Affiliations and expertise
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands