Reflections on the activity index and related indicators

被引：35

作者：

Rousseau, Ronald ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Yang, Liying ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] KHBO Assoc KU Leuven, Fac Engn Technol, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium

[2] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Math, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium

[3] Univ Antwerp, IBW, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium

[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Sci Lib, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF INFORMETRICS | 2012年 / 6卷 / 03期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Relative indicators; Activity index; Revealed comparative advantage index; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.joi.2012.01.004

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

We point out some theoretical problems in the construction of the activity index and related indicators. Concretely, if the activity index is larger than one then it is, at least theoretically, possible to decrease its value by increasing the activity in that field. Although for some practical applications these problems do not seem to have serious consequences our investigation adds to the list of problematic indicators. As the problems we point out are due to the mathematical structure of this indicator our analysis also applies to all indicators formed in the same way, such as the revealed comparative advantage index or Balassa index. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：413 / 421

页数：9

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