G. Stuvel

The Index-Number Problem and Its Solution

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Index numbers of price and quantity play an important role in the index-linking of government loans. The object of this study is to ascertain what formulae should be used in the construction of new index numbers to replace those known to produce biased measures of price and volume change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-10818-3
• 1989.
• Seitenzahl: 118
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9781349108183
• ISBN-10: 1349108189
• Artikelnr.: 44459478

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Binary comparisons: the problem; the traditional approach; the analytical approach; properties and tests. Part 2 Multiple comparisons: indirect and chain indices; other transitive indices. Part 3: Irving Fisher's search for the ideal index number; Banerjee's factorial index numbers; the comparative proportionality test; von Bortkiewicz formulae; the relation between PS and PF.