High inflation, seasonal commodities, and annual index numbers

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 456-471

  Diewert, W Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation of commodities; Consumer theory; Index numbers; Inflation; Seasonal adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032218259     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100598009031     Document Type: Article

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