Index number approaches to seasonal adjustment

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-68

  Diewert, W Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggregation of commodities; Consumer theory; Index numbers; Inflation; Seasonal adjustment; Separability; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033470354     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1365100599010020     Document Type: Article

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