tailieunhanh - Services Industries and the Knowledge-Based Economy

Computing the usual productivity measures requires data on the value of transactions and either prices or quantities. In the final research study of this volume, Erwin Diewert notes that Canada lacks direct price and quantity measures for many important services industries. Other nations also have this problem. As a result, the usual productivity indexes cannot be evaluated properly for those services industries, nor can we get a complete picture of productivity performance for the economy as a whole. Recognizing this, the United States has now committed significant resources to improving services sector measurement. The study of productivity and the ‘new economy’also requires a proper theoretical framework. The papers in this. | GENERAL EDITORS RICHARD G. LIPSEY ALICE O. NAKAMURA Services Industries and Services Industries and the Knowledge-Based Economy The research papers assembled in this volume are the product of work undertaken by academic researchers and a few researchers with governmental and international organizations writing in a personal capacity. in addition several of the commentators on the research papers were employees of governmental or international organizations writing in a personal capacity at the time this volume was compiled. industry canada staff formulated and managed the project and provided constructive feedback throughout the process. Nevertheless the papers and comments ultimately remain the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies and opinions of industry canada the Government of canada or any other organization with which the authors or editors are .