1. The adoption of a systems-analysis perspective in the case of the Thai GPI did not affect the GPI value that was estimated. However, because it placed the various GPI items into various domains, it...

1. The adoption of a systems-analysis perspective in the case of the Thai GPI did not affect the GPI value that was estimated. However, because it placed the various GPI items into various domains, it probably improved the policy-guiding value of the GPI study.

Group of answer choices

• True


• False

2. In the early-1990s, Vietnam’s per capita GDP and per capita GPI both rose together. After 1996, the Vietnam’s per capita GDP continued to rise but its per capita GPI plateaued. On the surface at least, this suggests that the nexus between per capita GDP and the per capita GPI was severed in Vietnam.

Group of answer choices

• True


• False

3. In the case of Japan, calculating an ‘open economy’ GPI would be superior to calculating the standard GPI because:

Group of answer choices

1. Japan has a very open economy.


2. many of the environmental costs associated with Japan’s production of goods and services are borne by countries which export natural resources to Japan.


3. Japan has come close to reaching its optimal macroeconomic scale, if it hasn’t already exceeded it.


4. Japan is a net-exporter of goods and services to the rest of the world.