Historical national accounts — some methodological notes
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- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Economic History Review
- Vol. 31 (2) , 109-131
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03585522.1983.10408005
Abstract
The oldest known attempts to construct aggregates summarising the total economic activity of a nation were made by William Petty in 1665 and 1676. 1 These estimates, relating to the national income of England, were published at the beginning of the 1690s. Six years later a new and now celebrated estimate of England's national income was compiled by Gregory King.2 His calculations were more detailed than Petty's and probably more carefully executed.Keywords
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