Axiomatic properties of geo-logarithmic price indices

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 344-353

  Fattore, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axiomatic index number theory; Cofactor; Implicit quantity index; Price comparison; Price index

Indexed keywords

AXIOMATIC APPROACH; COFACTORS; COMPOSITE INDEX; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; INDEX NUMBERS; PRICE INDEX;

NUMBER THEORY;

COSTS;

EID: 77950518210     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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