Measuring the Impact of Free Goods on Real Household Consumption
We suggest a methodology that allows statistical agencies to form approximations to the benefits that flow to households from new free goods. The present production-oriented GDP measures are not satisfactory for measuring real household consumption and will be increasingly inaccurate as free goods,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Economic Association
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/137460 |