Design and Use of Political Economy Indicators

Informationen zum Autor KING BANAIAN is a Professor and Chariman of the Department of Economics at St. Cloud State University, USA. BRYAN ROBERTS is a Program Manager for the Department of Homeland Security. Klappentext This edited volume seeks to provide a critical and technical look at international political economic indices (PEIs). It examines measurement issues, relates PEIs to economic theory, and suggests better measures than those currently used.This edited volume seeks to provide a critical and technical look at international political economic indices (PEIs). It examines measurement issues, relates PEIs to economic theory, and suggests better measures than those currently used. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Challenges of Measurement in Political Economy Trade Measures Central Bank Independence Fiscal Policy Capital Controls Welfare: Human Development and Happiness Economic Freedom Property Rights Rule of Law The Use of PEIs in Economic Policymaking The Construction of PEIs in Public Discourse Political Economy Measurement: An Agenda for Change

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The Challenges of Measurement in Political Economy Trade Measures Central Bank Independence Fiscal Policy Capital Controls Welfare: Human Development and Happiness Economic Freedom Property Rights Rule of Law The Use of PEIs in Economic Policymaking The Construction of PEIs in Public Discourse Political Economy Measurement: An Agenda for Change

Product details

• Authors: King Roberts Banaian
• Assisted by: Banaian (Editor), K Banaian (Editor), K. Banaian (Editor), King Banaian (Editor), Roberts (Editor), Roberts (Editor), B. Roberts (Editor), Bryan Roberts (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2008
• EAN: 9780230600836
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60083-6
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; B, Economic Policy, Finance, International Relations, Finance, general, Economic Theory, Political Economy, Financial Economics, Management science, Quantitative Economics, International Political Economy, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’, economic policy;economic theory;political economy;welfare