{"title":"关于国内生产总值的测量(傻瓜的GDP测量)","authors":"Carlos Guerrero-de-Lizardi","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2484599","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Spanish Abstract: La medicion de la variable emblematica del Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales constituye un reto estadistico formidable. En el documento se reflexiona en torno a lo que significa la propia variable teniendo presente, como telon de fondo, a la Ciencia Economica. Para entender las caracteristicas de la estimacion del producto interno bruto en primer lugar se presenta una minima historiografia; en segundo, se comparan las recomendaciones internacionales y la practica cotidiana del INEGI y de otros Institutos de Estadistica; en tercero, se reconocen los errores y sesgos potenciales de cualquier medicion estadistica; y en cuarto, se aborda la economia politica de su medicion. Verdaderamente la elaboracion del Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales por parte de nuestro Instituto de Estadistica representa un “tour de force”, o como afirma Frits Bos, un milagro. English Abstract: The measurement of the emblematic variable of the National Accounts System represents a formidable challenge for any Statistical Office. We analyze the full meaning of the GDP taking as a backdrop the Economics Science. In order to understand the complex process of GDP’s estimation as a first step we take a historical perspective. In the second step, we compare the international recommendations and the practical approach used by the INEGI, among others Statistical Offices. In the third and fourth steps, we show errors and potential biases linked with any statistical measure, and we introduce a political economy of measurement perspective, respectively. 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En torno a la medición del Producto Interno Bruto (Measurement of GDP for Dummies)
Spanish Abstract: La medicion de la variable emblematica del Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales constituye un reto estadistico formidable. En el documento se reflexiona en torno a lo que significa la propia variable teniendo presente, como telon de fondo, a la Ciencia Economica. Para entender las caracteristicas de la estimacion del producto interno bruto en primer lugar se presenta una minima historiografia; en segundo, se comparan las recomendaciones internacionales y la practica cotidiana del INEGI y de otros Institutos de Estadistica; en tercero, se reconocen los errores y sesgos potenciales de cualquier medicion estadistica; y en cuarto, se aborda la economia politica de su medicion. Verdaderamente la elaboracion del Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales por parte de nuestro Instituto de Estadistica representa un “tour de force”, o como afirma Frits Bos, un milagro. English Abstract: The measurement of the emblematic variable of the National Accounts System represents a formidable challenge for any Statistical Office. We analyze the full meaning of the GDP taking as a backdrop the Economics Science. In order to understand the complex process of GDP’s estimation as a first step we take a historical perspective. In the second step, we compare the international recommendations and the practical approach used by the INEGI, among others Statistical Offices. In the third and fourth steps, we show errors and potential biases linked with any statistical measure, and we introduce a political economy of measurement perspective, respectively. Indeed, compilations of the National Accounts constitute a “tour de force”, or a miracle according to Frits Bos.