| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 861 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in income and wealth ; v. 52
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Studies in income and wealth ; v. 52.
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| Note |
"National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Research in Income and Wealth." |
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"Papers and discussion presented at the Conference on the Measurement of Saving, Investment, and Wealth held in Baltimore, Maryland, 27-28 March 1987"--Page xi. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
7. The Theory and Measurement of the Nominal Output of Banks, Sectoral Rates of Savings, and Wealth in the National Accounts8. World Payments Imbalances and U.S. Statistics; 9. Year-Apart Estimates of Household Net Worth from the Survey of Income and Program Participation; 10. Survey Estimates of Wealth: An Assessment of Quality; 11. Using Panel Data to Assess the Bias in Cross-sectional Inferences of Life-Cycle Changes in the Level and Composition of Household Wealth. |
| Summary |
There is probably no concept other than saving for which U.S. official agencies issue annual estimates that differ by more than a third, as they have done for net household saving, or for which reputable scholars claim that the correct measure is close to ten times the officially published one. Yet despite agreement among economists and policymakers on the importance of this measure, huge inconsistencies persist. Contributors to this volume investigate ways to improve aggregate and sectoral saving and investment estimates and analyze microdata from recent household wealth surveys. They provide. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Saving and investment.
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Saving and investment. |
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Wealth.
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Wealth. |
| Indexed Term |
United States Personal finance Savings |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Lipsey, Robert E.
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Tice, Helen Stone.
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Conference on Research in Income and Wealth.
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Conference on the Measurement of Saving, Investment, and Wealth (1987 : Baltimore, Md.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Measurement of saving, investment, and wealth. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989 (DLC) 89004669 |
| ISBN |
0226484718 (electronic book) |
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9780226484716 (electronic book) |
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0226484688 (alkaline paper) |
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9780226484686 |
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9780226484716 |
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