| Description |
1 online resource (452 pages) |
| Series |
National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth |
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Studies in income and wealth.
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| Contents |
The U.S. National Income and Product Accounts; 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 |
| Summary |
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 accountsLawrenc |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Flow of funds -- United States
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National income -- United States -- Accounting -- Congresses
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Flow of funds
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National income -- Accounting
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
82011081 |
| ISBN |
9780226257297 |
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0226257290 |
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1281223395 |
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9781281223395 |
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9786611223397 |
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6611223398 |
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