Rao Essays on Econometrics and Planning

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2561-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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E-Book, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Web PDF

Essays on Econometrics and Planning provides a compilation of papers pertinent to econometrics and planning. This book covers a variety of topics, including competition, planner's capital, parametric solution and programming, economic system, and economic growth. Organized into 22 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the concepts of cooperation, conflict, exploitation, and competition in relation to economic system. This text then examines the status of economic planning in Great Britain and provides an analysis of the role of autonomous investment in the economy. Other chapters consider the monetary or financial aspects of the Soviet economy. This book discusses as well the aspects in which the planners have a social location and economic preferences different from those of the mass of citizens in the underdeveloped country. The final chapter deals with the problem of national development. This book is a valuable resource for economists, industrialists, economic planners, and academic socialists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, C. R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Essays on Econometrics and Planning;2
3;Copyright Page;3
4;Table of Contents;4
5;FOREWORD;6
6;CHAPTER 1. CONFLICT, COOPERATION, COMPETITION, AND CUPID;12
6.1;INTBODUCTION;12
6.2;COOPERATION AND CONFLICT;13
6.3;EXPLOITATION;14
6.4;COMPETITION;15
6.5;WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT CONFLICT;16
6.6;PHYSICAL SEPARATION OF OPPONENTS;17
6.7;STABILIZING CONFLICT;19
6.8;PSYCHOLOGICAL SEPARATION OF OPPONENTS;20
6.9;CUPID;22
6.10;REFERENCES;23
7;CHAPTER 2. PLANNING IN BRITAIN;24
7.1;INTRODUCTION;24
7.2;1. THE DRIFT TOWARDS PLANNING;24
7.3;2. PLANNING IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY;36
7.4;3. CONCLUSIONS;47
8;CHAPTER 3. PARAMETRIC SOLUTION AND PROGRAMMING OF THE HICKSIAN MODEL;50
8.1;THE HICKSIAN MODEL;50
8.2;THE SOLUTION BY RECURRENCE;53
8.3;THE SOLUTION THROUGH CHARACTERISTIC ROOTS;56
8.4;THE PROGRAMMING APPROACH;75
8.5;GOVERNMENT CURRENT ACCOUNT BUDGET STRATEGY UNDER NON-CONTROLLED INVESTMENTS;85
8.6;SUMMARY;87
9;CHAPTER 4. THE NATIONAL BALANCE SHEET OF THE SOVIET UNION;88
9.1;I;88
9.2;II;89
9.3;llI;91
9.4;IV;93
9.5;V;94
9.6;VI;96
9.7;VII;98
10;CHAPTER 5. ELEMENTS OF A THEORY OF PLANNING;108
10.1;SUMMARY;108
10.2;PLANNING IS POSSIBLE;109
10.3;PREFERENCES OF THE PLANNER;110
10.4;THE PLANNER'S CAPITAL;111
10.5;THE PLANNER'S INSTRUMENTS FOR ACTING ON THE INDIVIDUAL;113
10.6;THE ALIGNMENT OF SELF-INTEREST, DUTY, AND COERCION;118
10.7;INDIVIDUAL MOTIVES ARE RELATED TO SOCIAL STRUCTURES;121
10.8;THE DEVICE THAT KEEPS THE SOVIET BUREAUCRACY DYNAMIC;124
10.9;DlSEMBEDDING THE ECONOMY IS A PRECONDITION FOR RATIONALITY;125
10.10;DEVELOPMENT IS THE PREDOMINANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS GEARED TO PRODUCTION;126
10.11;STRONG ORGANIZATIONS ARE IMPORTANT IN ALL FIELDS;129
10.12;CONCLUSION;130
11;CHAPTER 6. THE THREE BASIC PURPOSES OF AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM;132
11.1;INTRODUCTION;132
11.2;BASIC REAPPRAISAL OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND ACTION;132
11.3;A RESTATEMENT;133
11.4;OUR GROSS DEPARTURE FROM BASIC ECONOMICS;135
12;CHAPTER 7. ELEMENTS OF A THEORY OF SYSTEM BEHAVIOUR;142
12.1;1. INTRODUCTION;142
12.2;2. THE ACTIVE ELEMENT;142
12.3;3. COUPLING OF ACTIVE ELEMENTS;146
12.4;4. THE SYSTEM OF ACTIVE ELEMENTS AND ITS STRUCTURE;150
13;CHAPTER 8. SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IN PLANNING;158
13.1;1. INTRODUCTION;158
13.2;2. STATISTICS AND PLANNING;160
13.3;3. USE OF METHODS OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH TO SOLVE PROBLEMS OF THE INDIAN SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN;163
13.4;4. THE POST PLAN-FRAME PERIOD;171
13.5;5. CONCLUDING REMARKS;180
13.6;A LIST OF PAPERS AND ADDRESSES BY P. C. MAHALANOBIS ON PLANNING;181
14;CHAPTER 9. A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF CIVILIZATION;182
15;CHAPTER 10. A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE CONCEPT AND THEORY OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT;188
15.1;SUMMARY;188
15.2;1. THE CONCEPT IMPLIES A THEORY;188
15.3;2. A PRECARIOUS ANALOGY;190
15.4;3. THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT UNDEREMPLOYMENT;191
15.5;4. MEASURING UNDEREMPLOYMENT;194
15.6;5. THE CAUSES OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT;195
15.7;6. THE IMPLICATIONS IN REGARD TO MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY;197
15.8;7. THE ACTUAL LEVEL OF MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY IN UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES;201
15.9;8. A "STATIC" THEORY ABOUT THE RESULTS OF A BIG CHANGE;203
15.10;9. AN ESCAPIST APPROACH;206
16;CHAPTER 11. THE ROLE OF THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL ORGANISATION IN THE INDIAN STATISTICAL SYSTEM;210
16.1;1. ORIGIN OF THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL ORGANISATION;210
16.2;2. EVOLUTION OF THE GROWTH AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL ORGANISATION;211
16.3;3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS OF THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL ORGANISATION;215
16.4;4. LOCATION AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL OF THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL ORGANISATION;221
16.5;5. THE INDIAN STATISTICAL SERVICE;221
17;CHAPTER 12. THE STRATEGY OF INDIAN PLANNING;222
17.1;1. INTRODUCTION;222
17.2;2. THE STRATEGY;222
17.3;3. RATIONALE IN A CLOSED ECONOMY;223
17.4;4. AN OPEN ECONOMY;225
18;CHAPTER 13. SCIENCE AS A DIALECTICAL UNITY OF SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PRACTICE;230
18.1;I;230
18.2;II;231
18.3;III;232
18.4;IV;234
19;CHAPTER 14. MEASURE, QUALITY, AND OPTIMUM SCALE;236
19.1;I. MEASURABILITY AND MEASURE;237
19.2;II. DIVISIBILITY, PROPORTIONALITY AND RETURNS;247
19.3;CONCLUSIONS;260
20;CHAPTER 15. CAPITAL FORMATION AND ITS FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CORPORATE SECTOR IN INDIA;262
20.1;1. INTRODUCTION;262
20.2;2. COVERAGE AND SOURCES OF DATA;262
21;CHAPTER 16. PLANNING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH;272
22;CHAPTER 17. MODELS FOR DEMAND PROJECTIONS;276
22.1;1. INTRODUCTION;276
22.2;2. STRATEGY AND TACTICS;277
22.3;3. SOME COMPUTABLE MODELS;278
22.4;4. STATISTICAL ESTIMATION;288
22.5;5. AN EXAMPLE OF DEMAND PROJECTIONS;291
22.6;6. CONCLUSIONS;294
22.7;REFERENCES;294
23;CHAPTER 18. INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS;296
23.1;REHABILITATION;296
23.2;ABSOBPTION OF STATES;297
23.3;FRANCHISE;297
23.4;ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;297
23.5;INDICATORS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA;298
23.6;DATA COLLECTION;299
24;CHAPTER 19. PROJECT APPRAISAL : A TRADITIONAL APPROACH;300
24.1;1. NATURE OF PROBLEM;300
24.2;2. TWO SCARCE FACTORS : CONSTANT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECTS;301
24.3;3. MORE SCARCE FACTORS : CONSTANT DENSITY OF PROJECTS;302
24.4;4. TWO SCARCE FACTORS: POWER SERIES FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION;303
24.5;5. RANDOM DEVIATIONS IN DISTRIBUTION;305
25;CHAPTER 20. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TREND IN EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURE IN INDIA—AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE CASE OF WEST BENGAL;306
25.1;SUMMARY;306
25.2;1. THE CASE OF WEST BENGAL;306
25.3;2. THE TREND FOR INDIA;308
25.4;Appendix;312
26;CHAPTER 21. A LETTER REPORT TO PROFESSOR P. C MAHALANOBIS;314
26.1;1. Eo ipso PREDICTORS;315
26.2;2. CHOICE OF REGRESSION : DEMAND ANALYSIS;317
26.3;3. MULTIRELATION MODEL BUILDING : INTERDEPENDENT (ID) Versus CAUSAL CHAIN (CC) SYSTEMS;319
26.4;REFERENCES;325
27;CHAPTER 22. SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROFESSOR P. C. MAHALANOBIS;326
27.1;1. LEADER OF STATISTICAL MOVEMENT IN INDIA;326
27.2;2. MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE;328
27.3;3. METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH;328
27.4;4. RECONSTRUCTION OF INFORMATION THROUGH SCRUTINY;329
27.5;5. EARLY EXAMPLES OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH;329
27.6;6. EDUCATIONAL TESTS;330
27.7;7. ERRORS IN FIELD EXPERIMENTATION;330
27.8;8. SAMPLE SURVEYS, SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING AND INTERPENETRATING NETWORK OF SAMPLES (IPNS);331
27.9;9. NATIONAL PLANNING;332
27.10;10. FRACTILE GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS;332
28;MESSAGES;348
29;BIBLIOGRAPHY;334