Sentences with phrase «used economic measure»

The widely used economic measure grossly distorts the environmental and social costs of some growth, David Biello reports

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«Economic measures,» like usage - based billing, ironically, should be used to control congestion instead, the regulator said.

Since the financial crisis (and arguably well before that), the central banks of developed countries have used draconian monetary measures as a means of staving off financial and economic collapse.

We measure the economic, social and environmental impact of our investments using industry - standard metrics, including the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards.

The economist who originally devised the measure of all the cash flowing through an economy, Simon Kuznets, warned the world not to use his invention for the very purpose it has served: as a guide to political and economic choices.

JBSS» use of economic earnings to measure performance also earns it a spot on October's Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio.

Once you have your economic financial statements, then you can derive the economic value drivers that we use to measure the true, underlying profitability of companies.

In The Total Economic Impact of Vision Critical, Forrester provides a framework for measuring the potential business impact of using an insight community in the Vision Critical platform.

«On the other hand, using the same essential measures of valuation and market action, but including periods of major economic dislocation into the dataset, produces average return / risk inferences that are substantially less favorable.

It's important to understand that the USCI isn't a random concoction of data, but rather the gold standard for measuring current economic growth, as it summarizes the key coincident economic indicators used to determine the official start and end dates of U.S. recessions; namely, the broad measures of output, employment, income and sales.

In recent months, revelations from European authorities about the tax avoidance strategies used by Google, Starbucks and Amazon have all stirred public anger and spurred several European governments, as well as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris - based research organization for the world's richest countries, to discuss measures to close the loopholes.

With Investing 101, we're going to show you how to use price - to - economic book value to measure market expectations.

As a proxy for political uncertainty I used the popular Economic Policy Uncertainty indexes, measures based on real - time news flow.

Non-standard measures fall out of the scope of traditional ways that central banks and other monetary authorities use during times of deep economic distress.

Suppose we measure valuation by comparing price P to some measure of earnings E that isn't distorted by cyclical economic fluctuations, and can be used as a reliable, representative, «sufficient statistic» for long - term cash flows.

We also measured market concentration using a standard economic metric called the Herfindahl - Hirschman Index (HHI).

Nevertheless, even though it stays close to accepted economic ideas, it gives a much better picture of where we stand than do the measures now in use.

No economist claims that this is a direct measure of economic well being, but almost all economists acquiesce in its use as if it measured something economically desirable.

We suspected that the decline in correlation of improvement in economic welfare and growth in market activity had continued, and we thought that using a widely recognized measure, developed by respected economists, would give some authority to the results.

Are improvements in economic welfare so connected to increases in GNP that, despite the differences between economic welfare and market activity, it is appropriate to continue to use GNP as a way of measuring economic success?

But these contraceptive measures are not being used, and the reasons are political, economic, religious, and cultural.

In the USA the GNP which is used as a measure of economic well - being increased steadily since the Second World War On the other hand the ISEW increased very slowly until about 1975 when it began to decline and has done so ever since.

You can generally measure economic risks using quantitative variables showing the development of the country as well as its potential weaknesses and risks.

Data profiles are available for every state and for the nation as a whole, and are designed to help states measure how they are faring in using key public nutrition programs to reduce hunger and improve the health and economic security of low - income families.

This entitles the UN Security Council to use coercive measures of economic and military force «to maintain or restore international peace and security».

The 2003 White Paper, which led to the Civil Aviation Bill, outlined the measures required to tackle the noise problem, highlighting in particular: the need to promote low noise engine and airframe research and technology; complete integration of the International Civil Aviation Organisation guidelines on noise control; implement EU directive 2002 / 49 / EC regarding noise mapping; widen the use of economic instruments such as differential landing charges and amend and strengthen existing domestic legislation.

However, two economic measures - percentage of and per capita gross domestic product spent on defense - are among those most commonly used.

Using specially created cartoons, which show two characters («Timmy the Turtle» and «Billy the Bird»), interacting in various ways, the project sets out to measure (using an Implicit Attitude Test (IAT) as well as economic games), how children aged from four to fourteen perceive others» shaUsing specially created cartoons, which show two characters («Timmy the Turtle» and «Billy the Bird»), interacting in various ways, the project sets out to measure (using an Implicit Attitude Test (IAT) as well as economic games), how children aged from four to fourteen perceive others» shausing an Implicit Attitude Test (IAT) as well as economic games), how children aged from four to fourteen perceive others» sharing.

The budget would include measures to restore fiscal discipline and good economic governance, transparent and accountable use of public resources in accordance with the new Public Financial Management Law and to provide a credible basis for economic policy clarity going forward, the statement added.

While several budget and economic development ads are already being run, a Cuomo aide insisted no decision has been made on using funds to counter the vocal opposition to the gun bill, though a private coalition is taking shape to support the measure.

Both requests were turned down because the project did not score well on the criteria the state uses to measure the economic impact of economic development projects.

It could be because of changes in the labour market dampening the effects of recent economic downturns — or it could also be due to trends in crime prevention measures, such as growth in use of burglar alarms, CCTV and car immobilisers.»

Buildings use roughly a third of the energy consumed in the United States, and there are often legal and economic barriers between landlords and tenants that keep energy use high and efficiency measures low.

Other measures such as cognitive (i.e. IQ) ability, early linguistic skills, measures of the environment such as socio - economic status, and whether there is a family member with reading problems or dyslexia are all common early factors used to assess risk of developing reading difficulties.

Researchers from Binghamton University, Cornell University, the International City / County Management Association (ICMA), and two divisions of the American Planning Association measured local government action on energy, water, waste, land use and transportation, as well as social equity and economic development across 1,900 local governments.

She added: «By showing sound economic reasons for increasing the use of preventative measures, such as tooth brushing and fluoride varnishing, I hope that they can now compete for resource against other less cost - effective interventions.»

Impact analyses using economic models to measure economy - wide effects of singular economic events.

And economic payouts are the only objective measures they can use to justify expenditures.

Thomas J. Kane and Douglas O. Staiger «The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Imprecise School Accountability Measures» Journal of Economic Perspectives (Fall, 2002), Vol.

Thomas J. Kane and Douglas O. Staiger «The Promise and Pitfalls of Using Imprecise School Accountability Measures» Journal of Economic Perspectives (Fall, 2002b), Vol.

Furthermore, «the state can not use general arguments of public policy, fiscal discipline or refer to other financial or economic gains, but instead must prove that other rights provided for under the Covenant have been improved by the measure».

In the eleven countries that we studied, we compared the numbers of top - and bottom - quartile students (using a measure of social and economic status formulated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) who made it into the high - scoring ranks on PISA economic status formulated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) who made it into the high - scoring ranks on PISA Economic Cooperation and Development) who made it into the high - scoring ranks on PISA in 2012.

The authors used three indices to measure different dynamics of economic school segregation: the Isolation of Poverty Index; the Isolation of Wealth Index; and the Hypersegregation Index.

Imagine Andrews is part of the national Imagine Schools network, 70 charter schools serving 38,000 students in 12 states and the District of Columbia, which use five Measures of Excellence to evaluate the effectiveness of each school, including academic growth, character development, economic sustainability, parent choice, and shared values.

This PISA report, presented at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, uses economic modeling to relate cognitive skills (as measured by PISA) to economicEconomic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, uses economic modeling to relate cognitive skills (as measured by PISA) to economiceconomic modeling to relate cognitive skills (as measured by PISA) to economiceconomic growth.

Other measures such as students» economic status, attendance, suspensions and expulsions; the availability and use of curricular resources, teacher education, administrator education, etc.; and parent involvement are good predictors of performance, with occasionally some odd excepts.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looked at computer use among 15 - year - olds across 31 nations and regions, and found that students who used computers more at school had both lower reading and lower math scores, as measured by PISA or Program for International Student Assessment.

Factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, socio - economic status, disability and English proficiency are all part of what's used to measure improvement from year to year in every school.

And they mention using «measures of socio - economic» learning in accountability too.

We acknowledge that in Chile, like in the United States, the debate over what counts as data, how data is interpreted, and the measures that are used to indicate educational achievement and improvement is ongoing and often influenced by broader political and economic ideologies and goals.