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Among the theoretical issues covered in this volume are the ""economic"" and the ""axiomatic"" or ""test"" approaches to the problem of constructing and choosing among alternative cost-of-living index formulas; ""bounds""...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Diewert, W. E. (W. Erwin)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1990.
Series:Contributions to economic analysis ; 196.
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Summary:Among the theoretical issues covered in this volume are the ""economic"" and the ""axiomatic"" or ""test"" approaches to the problem of constructing and choosing among alternative cost-of-living index formulas; ""bounds"" and ""econometric"" alternatives for developing empirically computable approximations of theoretically desirable indexes; recommendations concerning the incorporation of leisure time in measures of the cost-of-living; and the formulation of social and group cost-of-living indexes. The Jorgenson-Slesnick paper also presents a far-reaching empirical study of price changes in th
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 377 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781483295848
1483295842
9781322471846
1322471843