Financial Aggregation and Index Number Theory

Download or read book Financial Aggregation and Index Number Theory written by William A. Barnett and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book surveys modern literature on financial aggregation and index number theory, with special emphasis on the contributions of the book's two coauthors. In addition to an introduction and a systematic survey chapter unifying the rest of the book, this publication contains reprints of six published articles central to the survey chapter. Financial Aggregation and Index Number Theory provides a reference work for financial data researchers and users of central bank data, placing emphasis on possible improvements in such data from use of the microeconomic index number and aggregation theory.