というSSRN論文をMostly Economicsが紹介している。原題は「When Do Governments Manipulate Official Statistics? An Empirical Analysis」で、著者はBruno S. Frey(バーゼル大、CREMA)、Louis Moser(CREMA)、Sandro Bieri(同)。 以下はその要旨。 Many countries all over the world have been reported to systematically manipulate official statistics. However, scholarly research has not extensively dealt with the extent and determinants of data manipulation,