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Price: EUR 125.00The Journal of Economic and Social Measurement (JESM) is a quarterly journal that is concerned with the investigation of all aspects of production, distribution and use of economic and other societal statistical data, and with the use of computers in that context. JESM publishes articles that consider the statistical methodology of economic and social science measurements. It is concerned with the methods and problems of data distribution, including the design and implementation of data base systems and, more generally, computer software and hardware for distributing and accessing statistical data files. Its focus on computer software also includes the valuation of algorithms and their implementation, assessing the degree to which particular algorithms may yield more or less accurate computed results. It addresses the technical and even legal problems of the collection and use of data, legislation and administrative actions affecting government produced or distributed data files, and similar topics.
The journal serves as a forum for the exchange of information and views between data producers and users. In addition, it considers the various uses to which statistical data may be put, particularly to the degree that these uses illustrate or affect the properties of the data. The data considered in JESM are usually economic or social, as mentioned, but this is not a requirement; the editorial policies of JESM do not place a priori restrictions upon the data that might be considered within individual articles. Furthermore, there are no limitations concerning the source of the data.
Authors: Niu, Yongzhi
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: This paper employs both the reduced-form-regression approach and the factor analysis approach to analyze the empirical definition of money in China. In the factor analysis, it is found that there are two common factors shared by the financial assets under …study. One represents liquidity and the other represents store of value. The results of the factor analysis and the reduced-form-regression approach coincide and suggest that urban saving deposits are the best substitute for currency. For this reason, urban saving deposits and currency should be included in the narrow money definition, which is different from the definition set by the International Monetary Fund. Show more
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1993-19401
Citation: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 225-239, 1993
Authors: Abbott, Thomas A. | Andrews, Stephen H.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Understanding the structural relationship of production technologies across manufacturing industries is vital for analyzing dynamic economic activity because firms and establishments often change industries in response to economic conditions. Most researchers use the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) …system, with its hierarchical 2, 3 and 4-digits, to identify these changes and build the underlying relationships across industries. However, as discussed in Andrews and Abbott (1988), the SIC is replete with problems, including the lack of an single, overall guiding principle for the classification. This paper expands on our exploratory work using clustering techniques in Abbott and Andrews (1990). It builds on the idea of using continuous measures of technological distance between industries and establishments based on their production technologies. As illustration, we develop distance measures between existing 4-digit industries and show what an “optimal” hierarchical structure might look like using these methodologies. While this approach yields results which are similar to the SIC, there are important differences between the two classifications in terms of the industrial categories which emerge and the amount of information lost in the process of aggregation. Thus, we feel justified in concluding that a lot can be learned about the dynamic interactions between firms and establishments by looking at industry and establishment classification in a less rigid fashion. Show more
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1993-19402
Citation: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 241-279, 1993
Authors: Shriver, Keith A. | Wheeler, Stephen W. | Deberg, Curtis L.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: Conflicting empirical evidence exists about the potential information provided by the separate reporting of cash flows from operations and also about the usefulness of current cost accounting ratios. The present study examined these two issues simultaneously in an empirical investigation …of the compositional characteristics of financial ratio patterns using refined cash-flow measures. A sample of 65 primary manufacturing firms and 21 retailing firms was analyzed for the years 1980 and 1982. Fifty-two financial ratios were measured at both historical cost and current cost for each firm, and principal component analysis was used to examine the compositional characteristics and patterns inherent in the ratios. The overall results indicated that (1) separate reporting of a cash flow from operations measure may provide information not already available from operating income or working capital from operations; and (2) current cost ratios may improve interfirm and intertemporal comparability. Show more
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1993-19403
Citation: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 281-304, 1993
Authors: Zagorsky, Jay L.
Article Type: Research Article
Abstract: What is the relationship between U.S. and Canadian job vacancies? Job vacancies, which summarize the number of workers businesses want to hire, have not been compared because long term vacancy series do not exist for either country. This paper constructs …analogous Canadian and U.S. job vacancy series from 1962 to 1990 that are syntheses of each country's direct and indirect vacancy data. These series show that while unemployment rates in the two countries follow similar patterns, vacancies are dramatically different. Show more
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1993-19404
Citation: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 305-319, 1993
Article Type: Other
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1993-19405
Citation: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 321-321, 1993
Article Type: Other
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1993-19406
Citation: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 322-322, 1993
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