Additive decompositions for Fisher, Törnqvist and geometric mean indexes

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 51-61

  Reinsdorf, Marshall B ^a   Diewert, W Erwin ^b   Ehemann, Christian ^a  

^a Bureau of Economic Analysis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0242500923     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2003-0194     Document Type: Article

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