Fellow's Opinion: Econometrics, Data, and the World Wide Web

William Barnett

Econometrics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: Fellows of the Journal of Econometrics are invited to publish personal opinions regarding the field of econometrics in that journal. This paper is a statement of my personal opinion about the potential role of the World Wide Web in improving data quality and availability in economics. The paper also relates to current controversies regarding federal data quality and biases in index numbers produced by federal government agencies, as well as potential proposals for governmental reform in the areas of data production.

Keywords: Web; data; Divisia; index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 1996-02-07
Note: Type of Document - Microsoft Word; prepared on Macintosh; to print on PostScript; pages: 6 ; figures: None. Forthcoming in the Journal of Econometrics
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Working Paper: Fellow's Opinion: Econometrics, Data, and the World Wide Web (2012)
Journal Article: Fellow's opinion: Econometrics, data, and the world wide web (1997)
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