Gross National Product, Canada, 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates sets out in detail the sources of data and methods employed to obtain annual estimates of the gross national product of Canada between 1870 and 1926. Many other data used in compilation of the estimates or as a basis for assessing the accuracy of the estimates are also provided. This information is an important contribution to Canadian economic history, revealing growth and fluctuations in the Canadian economy and providing research material for other scholars.
This book, prepared by M.C. Urquhart, includes shapters on specific sectors of the economy by Alan G. Green, Thomas K. Rymes, Alastair Sinclair, and Marion Steele, and contributions by D.M. McDougall and R.M. McInnis. Gross National Product, Canada, 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates will be an essential reference tool for further investigation into the new basic estimates, qualitative economic history, and Canadian Econometrics.
Price: $175.00
Pages: 736
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Date:
24 March 1993
ISBN: 9780773509429
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics
"The Urquhart estimates of Canada's gross national product are one of the most important pieces of original scholarship in Canadian economic history in recent years. They are already supplying the raw material for research studies in Canada and abroad and will continue to do so for decades to come. This volume is an essential complement to those estimates." Ronald Shearer, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia. "I can say, without question, that no scholar working in Canadian economic history, national income accounting, or comparative economic growth will be able to continue his or her research without having access to Urquhart's work ... The final estimates are probably the single most important contribution to Canadian economic history in the last half century ... The scholarship and methodology are impeccable." Lance E. Davis, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology.
