The Accuracy of International Economic Observations

Peter Bergeijk

Bulletin of Economic Research, 1995, vol. 47, issue 1, 1-20

Abstract: This paper investigates measurement errors in generally accepted figures on international transactions that are supplied by national statistical offices to the IMF and the OECD. Implicit minimal measurement errors in bilateral trade data for Germany and the Netherlands appear to be about 1.5-3 percent. An investigation of foreign direct investment data for 20 OECD countries in the period 1950-89 shows that their accuracy has improved little if at all since the 1970s: in 15-25 percent of the cases, implied minimal measurement errors are in excess of 10 percent. Copyright 1995 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research

Date: 1995
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