Economics and the price index /

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Author / Creator:Afriat, S. N., 1925-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Description:xxii, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 111
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7688492
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Other authors / contributors:Milana, Carlo.
ISBN:9780415471817 (hardcover)
0415471818 (hardcover)
9780203891483 (e-book)
0203891481 (e-book)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I. Concept and Method
  • 1. The Super Price Index: Irving Fisher, and after
  • 2. The Price Level Computation Method
  • 3. Price Level Computation: Illustrations
  • Bibliography
  • Part II. Precursor
  • 1. The system of inequalities a rs > X s - X r
  • 2. On the constructibility of consistent price indices between several periods simultaneously
  • 3. The theory of exact and superlative index numbers revisited
  • Appendices
  • 1. The price index as a utility based concept
  • 1.1. Original approach
  • 1.2. New approach
  • 2. Terminology
  • 3. Notation
  • 4. Basic computer program BBC BASIC for Windows developed
  • Notes
  • 1. Multilateral indices
  • 2. Chain indices
  • Postscript
  • Index