"Indicator frenzy": the "economicist" tendency of public policy and alternative indicators

Fiona Ottaviani () and Anne Le Roy ()
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Fiona Ottaviani: EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management, CREG - Centre de recherche en économie de Grenoble - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]
Anne Le Roy: CREG - Centre de recherche en économie de Grenoble - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]

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Abstract: The craze for quantitative data has become a hallmark of public policy on both national and local levels. Exploring the limits of quantification allows us to better understand the importance of developing alternative indicators.

Keywords: happiness; economics; benchmark; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-09-05
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Published in The Conversation France, 2017, 4 p

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