Seminar title: Alternative measures of income
Presented by Professor Kevin Fox

Definitions of output and input are key to studies of productivity analysis, as they are to the national accounts of countries. This presentation systematically reviews alternative definitions at production unit (eg, firm) and aggregate levels, illustrating the different perspectives that they provide on production and income, and making the case for their use in understanding different aspects of firm and country economic performance.

Presenter:
Kevin Fox is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Applied Economic Research at UNSW Sydney. He works primarily in the field of economic measurement, with a focus on productivity and prices. After studying Japanese in Tokyo for two years, he studied economics at the University of Canterbury and the University of British Columbia. He chaired the 16th Series CPI Review Advisory Group in 2009-2010, he is a member of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Methodology Advisory Committee, and has been a consultant for agencies such as the Australian Treasury, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Swiss National Bank, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the Asian Development Bank, and the New Zealand Treasury. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Productivity Analysis and immediate past-President of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth.