The design and use of political economy indicators: challenges of definition, aggregation, and application
This book addresses a need: the most commonly employed Political Economy Indicators (PEIs) frequently give little useful information and lead to problematic results. This volume will examine measurement issues, relate PEIs to economic theory, and suggest better measures than at present.It is relevan...
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| Summary: | This book addresses a need: the most commonly employed Political Economy Indicators (PEIs) frequently give little useful information and lead to problematic results. This volume will examine measurement issues, relate PEIs to economic theory, and suggest better measures than at present.It is relevant for practitioners: the editors will deliver chapters that are readable for policy makers and journalists as well as economists.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. |
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures and Tables
ix
List of Contributors
xi
1
The Challenges of Measurement in Political Economy
1
King Banaian,
Marta Podemska,
and Bryan Roberts
2
So You Want to Use a Measure of Openness?
15
H. Lane David
3
Measuring Central Bank Independence: Ordering,
Ranking, or Scoring?
33
King Banaian
4
Fiscal Indicators
57
John E. Anderson
5
A New and Better Measure of Capital Controls
81
Pariyate Potchamanawong, Arthur T. Denzau,
Sunil RongaL·, Joshua C. Walton, and Thomas
D
.
Wtllett
6
Measuring Welfare
103
Bryan Roberts
7
Why and How to Move from Capturing Perception
of to Quantifying Corruption?
139
Omer Gokcekus and Justin Myzie
8
New Interpretations of Indices of Economic Freedom
155
King Banaian and William Luksetich
9
On the Methodology of the Economic Freedom
of the World Index
171
Robert A. Lawson
viii
· Contents
10
Government
Structure,
Strength, and Effectiveness
187
Joshua C. Walton, Apanard Angkinand,
Marina Arbetman, Marie
Besançon, Eric M.
P.
Chiu,
Suzanne
Danis,
Arthur T. Denzau, Yi Feng,
Jacek
Kugler, Kristin Johnson, and Thomas
D
.
Willett
Index
217
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