Superlative index numbers: Not all of them are super

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-43

  Hill, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of living index; Paasche Laspeyres spread; Superlative price index

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); NUMBER THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COST-OF-LIVING INDEX; PAASCHE-LASPEYRES SPREAD; SUPERLATIVE PRICE INDEX;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 28244493461     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2004.08.018     Document Type: Article

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