Measurement 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.
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 Rutstrom 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