ISBN: 9783901941276 - time distance in economics and statistics.: new insights from existing data. wisdom-schriftenreihe bd. # 18 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Scarce hardcover, 444 pages, NOT ex-library. Minor handling wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. Weight 940g. -- Contents: Part I Theory and Methodology 1. An Overview: Basic Concepts and Examples of Applications 2. Time Distance Concept, Definitions and Estimation 3. Types of Analysis 4. Time Distance Discrepancy Between Actual and Estimated Values and in Monitoring Implementation of Plans, Targets and Budgets 5. A New Perspective on Convergence and Divergence, and on Typologies for Development Indicators; Part II Benefits, Policy and Welfare Issues 6. Inter-Temporal Aspect of Well-Being and Societal Progress 7. Benefits from Using Time Distance Analysis; Part III Applications in Socio-Economic Development 8. Disparities in the World in the Time Distance Perspective 9. 50 Years of OECD Countries 10. Central and South Eastern Europe 11. Time Distance View of Regional Disparities in Austria 12. Efficiency and Regional Development Distances: Lessons from the Former Yugoslavia 13. Transition Economies in Historical Perspective; Part IV New Perspectives on the Digital Divide 14. Sectoral Time-Distances in the Adoption of E-commerce Activity 15. ICT and Digital Divide Measured by Time Distance; Part V Monitoring Implementation of UN MDG and Lisbon Targets 16. Monitoring Implementation of UN Millennium Development Goals 17. Monitoring Implementation of Lisbon Strategy and Sustainable Development 18. Benchmarking and Monitoring in the Time Dimension: Example for Infant Mortality Rate for Many Countries and for World Regions; Part VI Conclusions; Annex; Bibliography; Index.…