Descript |
vi, 269 p. ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Observation and observing in economics / Harro Maas and Mary S. Morgan -- The space of observation. Cunning observation: US agricultural statistics in the time of laissez-faire / Emmanuel Didier -- Economic observation and measurement in Russia before 1917: surveying typicalities and sampling totalities / Vincent Barnett -- The economist as surveyor: physiocracy in the fields / Loïc Charles and Christine Théré -- The fragile dynamics of trust. Making variety simple : agricultural economists in southern Italy, 1906-9 / Federico D'Onofrio -- Observations in a hostile environment: Morgenstern on the accuracy of economic observations / Marcel Boumans -- Observing attitudes, intentions, and expectations (1945-73) / José M. Edwards -- Navigating the shoals of self-reporting: data collection in US expenditure surveys since 1920 / Thomas A. Stapleford -- Relocating vision. Field, undercover, and participant observers in US labor economics: 1900-1930 / Malcolm Rutherford -- Observation through fiction: Frank Norris and E. M Forster / Craufurd D. Goodwin -- Observing shocks / Pedro Garcia Duarte and Kevin D. Hoover. |
ISBN |
9780822367901 (hbk.) |
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0822367904 (hbk.) |
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