Price and Quantity Index Numbers
Author | : Bert M. Balk |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2012-07-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107404960 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107404967 |
Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Download or read book Price and Quantity Index Numbers written by Bert M. Balk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive text on index number theory since Irving Fisher's 1922 The Making of Index Numbers. The book covers intertemporal and interspatial comparisons; ratio- and difference-type measures; discrete and continuous time environments; and upper- and lower-level indices. Guided by economic insights, this book develops the instrumental or axiomatic approach.