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1、ChinaEconomicReview28(2014)1–16ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectChinaEconomicReviewMonthlyindustrialoutputinChina1980–2012☆1CarstenA.HOLZStanfordUniversity,StanfordCenterforInternationalDevelopment,366GalvezStreet,Stanford,CA943056015,UnitedStatesarticleinfoabstractArticlehisto
2、ry:Monthlyeconomicindicatorsareusedforavarietyofpurposes,fromstudyingbusinesscyclesReceived18January2013todeterminingeconomicpolicyandmakinginformedbusinessdecisions.China'spublishedReceivedinrevisedform21October2013monthlyindustrialoutputstatisticscouldhardlybemoreconfusing,withch
3、angesinvariables,Accepted21October2013incoverage,inmeasurement,andinpresentation.ThispaperreviewstheavailableofficialdataAvailableonline29October2013andproceedstoconstructamonthlyindustrialoutputseriesinnominaltermsandinrealtermsfortheperiod1980–2012,economy-wideandforthepublicsect
4、or.JELclassification:©2013ElsevierInc.Allrightsreserved.C80C43E01E23O53O47P24Keywords:ChinaindustrialoutputIndustrialgrowthMonthlyindustrydataPublicsectorindustrialoutputChinesestatistics1.IntroductionMonthlydataonChina'sindustrialsectorappearahopelessjumble.Timeseriesendfornoappar
5、entreasoninonepublicationbutnotinanother,thenendinallpublicationswhilenewseriesbegin.Asourcemayreportgrossoutputvalueatconstantpricesforonemonthandcumulativevalue-addedatcurrentpricesforthenextmonth.Valuesriseorfallfromonemonthtothenextsolelyduetochangesinenterprisecoverage.TheNati
6、onalBureauofStatistics(NBS)begantopublishmonthlyindustrialoutputdatainMay1983.Earliermonthlydata,startingJanuary1980,canbefoundinamagazinepublishedinHongKong.NooneconsistentlydefinedseriesrunsfromJanuary1980throughtoday.Theavailablemonthlyindustrialoutputdatavaryalonganumberofdimen
7、sions:•variables:grossoutputvalue(GOV),valueadded(VA),salesvalue;•coverage:allofindustryorsomesubsetofindustry;•valuation:atcurrentoratconstantprices;☆TheauthorisProfessorofEconomicsintheSocialScienceDivisionattheHongKongUniversityofScience&Technology.Thispaperwaswrittenwhileonno-p
8、ayleavefromHKUSTtovisitthe