Study week on the econometric approach to development planning

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Identifikator:: 1824422792

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217476

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Title:: Study week on the econometric approach to development planning

Place of publication:: Amsterdam [u.a.]

Publisher:: North-Holland Publ. Co. [u.a.]

Year of publication:: 1965

Scope:: XLVII, 1259 S.; graph. Darst.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Spatial organization and regional planning: Some hypotheses for econometric analysis / Walter Isard, Department of regional Science - University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Penn. - U.S.A.

Collection:: Economics Books

SEMAINE D'ÉTUDE SUR LE ROLE DE L’ANALYSE ECONOMETRIQUE ETc. 1011 table 2 are reproduced the figures of the last column of table 1. In column 2 are recorded the figures for the case as character- ized at the top of column 2 (which case is the same as that of column 1 except that dy; is taken to be equal to 2 instead ot unity). In columns 3 to 7 are recorded the figures for several other cases, each case being characterized at the top of the respective column. The computations for many other cases might be made, for example cases involving different values for ¢, 3, b, G;;, and different assumptions on the number of individuals at each node (all the cases of table 2 assume only one individual at each node). These the reader may do for himself (°). We now wish to proceed to the next step, namely, the trans- formation of values for participation potential into values for average productivity, i.e. the mapping of a participation po- tential space onto an average productivity space. Since we are unaware of any comprehensive empirical work on this problem, we can only pose the question of the validity of certain hypotheses which seem reasonable in the light of social science knowledge. Can we state a certain functional relationship between average productivity (dependent variable) and P (independent variable) which can be represented by a curve such as one of the curves on Figure 2 (6)? Starting with the extreme at which P is at a minimum (which tends to cor- respond to the pattern of 100%, spatial centralization), can (®) He may also perform calculations for irregular tree structures as well as for regular tree structures where the number of nodes at any given order (except the first) is other than a k multiple of the number of nodes at the next lower order. () As previously noted, we do not treat explicitly the effect of P upon the total amount of decision-making authority (which may be viewed as control), and vice-versa. In a more general framework, this effect would be recognized; and the influence of the variable, total amount of decision: making authority, upon productivity would be recognized. In this con- nection, see ARNOLD S. TANNENBAUM, Control and Effectiveness in a Vo- luntary Organization, « American Journal of Sociology », Vol. 67, July 1961, pp. 33-46, and Control in Organizations: Individual Adjustment and Organizational Performance, « Administrative Science Quarterly ». Vol. 7 September 19062. pp, 236-257 .1 Isard - pag. a

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