The Index-Number Problem and Its Solution

Name: The Index-Number Problem and Its Solution
Author: G. Stuvel

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Paperback, blz. | Engels

Palgrave Macmillan UK | 1989

ISBN13: 9781349108183

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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 1989 9781349108183

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Index numbers of price and quantity play an important role in the index-linking of government loans. The object of this study is to ascertain what formulae should be used in the construction of new index numbers to replace those known to produce biased measures of price and volume change.

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ISBN13:9781349108183

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

Hoofdrubriek:Economie

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Part 1 Binary comparisons: the problem; the traditional approach; the analytical approach; properties and tests. Part 2 Multiple comparisons: indirect and chain indices; other transitive indices. Part 3: Irving Fisher's search for the ideal index number; Banerjee's factorial index numbers; the comparative proportionality test; von Bortkiewicz formulae; the relation between PS and PF.