The theory of economic price and quantity indicators

Economic Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-164

  Balk, Bert M ^a   Färe, Rolf ^b   Grosskopf, Shawna ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bennet indicators; Difference measures; Price and quantity change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742288879     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0364-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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