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Title:

MEASUREMENT IN ECONOMICS

A HANDBOOK

Edited by
Marcel Boumans
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Content:

Preface v
List of Contributors vii
Part I: General 1
Chapter 1. Introduction 3
Marcel Boumans
Chapter 2. Representational Theory of Measurement 19
Joel Michell
Chapter 3. Measurability 41
Luca Mari
Chapter 4. Measurement With Experimental Controls 79
Glenn W. Harrison, Eric Johnson, Melayne M. McInnes and
E. Elisabet Rutström
Chapter 5. An Analytical History of Measuring Practices: The Case of
Velocities of Money 105
Mary S. Morgan
Part II: Representation in Economics 133
Chapter 6. Representation in Economics 135
Roger E. Backhouse
Chapter 7. Axiomatic Price Index Theory 153
Marshall B. Reinsdorf
Chapter 8. National Accounts and Indicators 189
Frank A.G. den Butter
Chapter 9. Invariance and Calibration 231
Marcel Boumans
Part III: Representation in Econometrics 249
Chapter 10. Representation in Econometrics: A Historical Perspective 251
Christopher L. Gilbert and Duo Qin
Chapter 11. Structure 271
Hsiang-Ke Chao
x Contents
Chapter 12. Local Sensitivity in Econometrics 295
Jan R. Magnus
Chapter 13. The Empirical Significance of Econometric Models 321
Thomas Mayer
Part IV: Precision 341
Chapter 14. Precision 343
Theodore M. Porter
Chapter 15. Optimal Experimental Design in Models of Decision and Choice 357
Peter G. Moffatt
Chapter 16. Least Squares Regression: Graduation and Filters 377
Tommaso Proietti and Alessandra Luati
Chapter 17. Timeliness and Accuracy 413
Dennis Fixler
Author Index 429
Subject Index 439