Russia's tangled statistics: Mud and weeds.

In Russia, contradictory figures are the bane of economists and sociologists and have prompted a dispute over whether Russia's economy is getting better or worse as of 2003. The reasons why is it so difficult to measure Russia's economy, the subsequent dispute over whether Russians are better or wo...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 368; pp. 68 - 70
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited September 13 2003
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      ab: In Russia, contradictory figures are the bane of economists and sociologists and have prompted a dispute over whether Russia's economy is getting better or worse as of 2003. The reasons why is it so difficult to measure Russia's economy, the subsequent dispute over whether Russians are better or worse off after a dozen years of reform, and the confusion that has been generated by the distorted statistics are explored.
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