The new national accounts: an introduction to the System of National Accounts 1993 and the European System of Accounts 1995

2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (06) ◽  
pp. 38-3430-38-3430 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Accounts ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
European System

Plaidoyer for the unique tourism accounts (dilemas, difficulties and questions)

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-134
Author(s):  
Vladimir Stipetić
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
European System ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Comparative Results ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Given

Tourism is recognised as an important economic, social and cultural factor in modem societies. However, statisticians still face an enormous challenge when it comes to measuring the economic importance of tourism for given national economy. In his paper author examines the position of tourism in System of National Accounts (SNA-as presented in the version from 1993) and in European System of Accounts (acronym ESA, from 1995). He comes to the conclusion that is impossible to get the full answers on the importance of tourism for the given national economy within those frameworks. The main reason for such conclusion he has found in the fact that tourism is the multifacet activity, with difficult concept to define, let alone measure. He gets the proof for his conclusion comparing the different methodologies for defining who is the tourist, finding six different criterias in application at the moment. The results obtained are, of course, differing considerably, what makes them strictly incompatibles. The comparison of such data is for that reason difficult to make and the comparative results are of limited use. Author advocates a need to make on international level a Unified Tourism Economic Account (UTEA), covering the main activities of tourism sector. He regards the existing work by OECD and WTO as a good basis for further work. Only when majority countries would make UTEA, based on accepted methodology, could be the cross-country comparison made on scientific basis.

Gross domestic product as the subject of criticism

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Bohdan Wyżnikiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
Economic Organizations ◽  
European System ◽  
Separate System ◽  
The Subject

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the most important and the most common measure of production and its changes, estimated in the national accounts. Since the second half of the 20th century, the UN in cooperation with other international economic organizations has been working on new versions of rules for GDP estimation, known as the System of National Accounts (SNA) and its European version, the European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA). The GDP concept has been criticised by economists, politicians and journalists mainly due to their disappointment that GDP does not measure social progress. This article aims at presenting issues and conventional solutions concerning GDP, which are the subject of criticism, as well as demands for changes in the methodology of computing this measure. This paper concludes that it is not possible to build a single indicator for measuring both economic growth and social development. The barrier to constructing a measure of social progress with features similar to GDP is the requirement for evaluative assumptions which are beyond the GDP concept. It was found that a separate system of indicators should be developed for statistical measurement of social aspects of development.

The outline of national accounts history

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 70-80
Author(s):  
Renata Bielak
Keyword(s):  
National Economy ◽  
National Income ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Global System ◽  
International Standard ◽  
Material Production ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
European System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Income Measurement

The system of national accounts is an international standard applied by most countries in order to present national economy in a complete manner. The development of this system results from variety of researches and discussion undertaken by scientists. Theories concerning national income and its measure had been the subject of scientific deliberation for several centuries before the term ”national accounts” was adopted by the economists. The aim of the article is to introduce the concepts that can be considered as the foundation of the current, global system of national accounts. The first part of the study provides an overview of the output of researchers who contributed to the establishment of modern national accounts methodology. The second part describes the evolution of the national income measurement in Poland (the conversion from the material production to the European system of national and regional accounts).

Changes in the treatment of pension liabilities in the national accounts

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 69-85
Author(s):  
Olga Leszczyńska-Luberek
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Public Pension ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Pension Systems ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
European System ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
Pension Liabilities ◽  
Excessive Deficit Procedure

The article describes the changes solutions in the recognition of acquired pension rights in the framework of social security in national accounts. The principles applicable to September 2014 and the new guidelines contained in the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) and the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) are discussed. The author indicats differences between the systems and presents European solutions. Arguments are given that determined the non-inclusion of unfunded pension liabilities of public pension systems to statistics produced for the purposes of the excessive deficit procedure.

Non-observed Economy in the CIS Countries

2009 ◽  
pp. 86-95
Author(s):  
Yu. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
International Standards ◽  
General Level ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
The World ◽  
Cis Countries ◽  
Key Indicators

The article contains a review of underlying concepts and definitions of non-observed economy which are formulated in the international standards on this topic and used by the CIS countries for computation of GDP and other key indicators of the System of National Accounts. The article considers the methods used for measuring non-observed economy and some figures on the share of non-observed economy in GDP of the CIS countries and other selected countries of the world. Perfection of methods of measuring non-observed economy and raising reliability of its estimates requires improvement of general level of work on compilation of national accounts.

Climate Change Public Budget Tagging: Connections across Financial and Environmental Classification Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Pizarro ◽  
Raúl Delgado ◽  
Huáscar Eguino ◽  
Aloisio Lopes Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
The Public ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
Environmental Classification ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Government

Identifying and evaluating climate expenditures in the public sector, known as budget tagging, has generated increasing attention from multiple stakeholders, not only to assess the governments climate change policy, but also to monitor fiscal risks associated with increasing and unpredictable climate change impacts. This paper explores the issues raised by climate change budget tagging in the context of a broader discussion on the connections with fiscal and environmental statistical classification systems. It argues that, for climate change budget tagging efforts to be successful, the definitions and classifications of climate change expenditures must be consistent with statistical standards currently in use, such as the Government Finance Statistics Framework and the System of National Accounts.

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