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Working Papers

2009

1. Accounting for Housing in a CPI
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2009)
2. An Economic Approach to the Measurement of Productivity Growth Using Differences Instead of Ratios
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
3. Comment on Different Approaches to Index Number Theory
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
4. Cost of Living Indexes and Exact Index Numbers
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
5. Exact and Superlative Price and Quantity Indicators
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
   See also Journal Article in Macroeconomic Dynamics (2009)
6. Introduction to Measurement with Theory
   WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS, University of Kansas, Department of Economics
   Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2009)
   See also Journal Article in Macroeconomic Dynamics (2009)
7. Introduction to Price and Productivity Measurement for Housing
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2009)
8. Retrospective Price Indices and Substitution Bias
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) (2009)
9. Scanner Data, Time Aggregation and the Construction of Price Indexes
   UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
10. The Normalized Quadratic Expenditure Function
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

2008

11. Capitalizing R&D Expenditures
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
12. Changes in the Terms of Trade and Canada's Productivity Performance
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
13. Hedonic Imputation versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund (2007) View citations
14. Hedonic Imputation versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes (with a commentary by Jan de Haan)
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
15. New Methodological Developments for the International Comparison Program
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
16. New Methodology for Linking the Regions
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
17. On the Tang and Wang Decomposition of Labour Productivity Growth into Sectoral Effects
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
18. The Measurement of Nonmarket Sector Outputs and Inputs Using Cost Weights
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations

2007

19. Depreciation, Deterioration and Obsolescence when there is Embodied or Disembodied Technical Change
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
20. Index Numbers
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
21. Measuring Productivity in the System of National Accounts
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
22. The Ottawa Group after Ten Meetings: Future Priorities
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
23. The Paris OECD-IMF Workshop on Real Estate Price Indexes: Conclusions and Future Directions
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations

2005

24. Functional Structure and Approximation in Econometrics (book front matter)
    Econometrics, EconWPA View citations
25. The Theory of Monetary Aggregation (book front matter)
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA

2004

26. On the Estimation of Returns to Scale, Technical Progress and Monopolistic Markups
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (2008)

2003

27. Measuring Capital
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2002

28. Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices: their conceptual foundations
    Working Paper Series, European Central Bank View citations
    See also Journal Article in Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES) (2002)

2000

29. A Characterization of the Tornqvist Price Index
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
30. Imputation and Price Indexes: Theory and Evidence from the International Price Program
    Working Papers, University of California at Davis, Department of Economics
    Also in Department of Economics, California Davis - Department of Economics
31. New Approaches to Public Income Support in Canada
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1999

32. Measuring New Zealand’s Productivity
    Treasury Working Paper Series, New Zealand Treasury View citations
33. Should Canada's Rate Capital Gains Taxation Be Reduced?
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1998

34. Can Measurement Error Explain the Productivity Paradox?
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (1999)
35. The Deadweight Costs of Capital Taxation in Australia
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
36. The Measurement of Inflation After Tax Reform
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1998)

1996

37. Axiomatic and Economic Approaches to International Comparisons
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in Old UBC Departmental Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Chapter (1999)
38. Comment on CPI Biases
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Old UBC Departmental Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations
39. Seasonal Commodities, High Inflation and Index Number Theory
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Old UBC Departmental Papers, UBC Department of Economics View citations
40. Sources of Bias in Consumer Price Indexes
    Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics
41. The Measurement of Inflation and Welfare after Tax Reform
    Working Papers, New South Wales - School of Economics

1995

42. Axiomatic and Economic Approaches to Elementary Price Indexes
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
43. Data Envelopment Analysis: A Practical Alternative
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
44. On the Stochastic Approach to Index Numbers
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
45. Price and Volume Measures in the System of National Accounts
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1995) View citations

1994

46. Functional from Problems in Modelling Insurance and Gambling
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
47. Productivity Measurement for a Distribution Firm
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1993

48. A "New" Approach to the Smoothing Problem
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
49. Index Number Issues in Incentive Regulation
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations

1992

50. Essays in Index Number theory: An Overview of Volume 1
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
51. Symmetric Means and Choice Under Uncertainty
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
52. Symmetric Means and Expevted Utility Theorem
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1991

53. Flexible Functional Forms and Tests of Homogeneous Separability
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Econometrics (1995)
54. Multiproduct cost Functions and Subadditivity Tests: A Critique of the Evans and Heckman Research on the U.S. Bell System
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
55. The Measurement of Productivity in Regulated Industries
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics

1990

56. QUADRATIC SPLINE MODELS FOR PRODUCER SUPPLY AND DEMAND FUNCTIONS
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (1992)

1989

57. EXACT AND SUPERLATIVE WELFARE CHANGE INDICATORS
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Economic Inquiry (1992)
58. FISHER IDEAL OUTPUT, INPUT AND PRODUCTIVITY INDEXES REVISITED
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
59. Flexible Functional Forms and Global Curvature Conditions
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1987)
60. LINEAR AND QUADRATIC SPLINE MODELS FOR CONSUMER DEMAND FUNCTIONS
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Canadian Journal of Economics (1993)
61. THE MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Bulletin of Economic Research (1992)

1988

62. THE EARLY HISTORY OF PRIC INDEX RESEARCH
    UBC Departmental Archives, UBC Department of Economics View citations
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1988) View citations

1987

63. Productivity Growth and Changes in the Terms of Trade in Japan and the U.S
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

1986

64. Export Supply and Import Demand Functions: A Production Theory Approach
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

1985

65. Adjusting Output and Productivity Indexes for Changes in the Terms of Trade
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
66. Microeconomic Approaches to the Theory of International Comparisons
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

Journal Articles

2009

1. EXACT AND SUPERLATIVE PRICE AND QUANTITY INDICATORS
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2009, 13, (S2), 335-380 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2009)
2. INTRODUCTION TO MEASUREMENT WITH THEORY
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2009, 13, (S2), 151-168
   See also Working Paper (2009)
3. Retrospective Price Indices and Substitution Bias
   Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2009, 145, (II), 127-135
   See also Working Paper (2009)
4. The aggregation of capital over vintages in a model of embodied technical progress
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009, 32, (1), 1-19 View citations

2008

5. On the estimation of returns to scale, technical progress and monopolistic markups
   Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 145, (1-2), 174-193 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)
6. What Is To Be Done for Better productivity Measurement
   International Productivity Monitor, 2008, 16, 40-52 View citations

2006

7. The contributions of productivity, price changes and firm size to profitability
   Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2006, 26, (1), 1-13 View citations

2005

8. Diewert on Index Number Theory
   American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2005, 64, (1), 311-360
9. Progress in Service Sector Productivity Measurement: Review Article on "Productivity in the U.S. Services Sector: New Sources of Economic Growth"
   International Productivity Monitor, 2005, 11, 57-69 View citations
10. WEIGHTED COUNTRY PRODUCT DUMMY VARIABLE REGRESSIONS AND INDEX NUMBER FORMULAE
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2005, 51, (4), 561-570 View citations

2004

11. The Gains from Trade and Policy Reform Revisited
    Review of International Economics, 2004, 12, (4), 591-608 View citations

2003

12. Information failure as an alternative explanation of under investment in R&D
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2003, 24, (2-3), 231-239

2002

13. Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices: Their Conceptual Foundations
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2002, 138, (IV), 547-637 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)

2000

14. Incentive Indexes for Regulated Industries
    Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2000, 17, (1), 5-24
15. The Challenge of Total Factor Productivity
    International Productivity Monitor, 2000, 1, 45-52 View citations

1999

16. Benchmarking and the measurement of the best practice efficiency: an electricity generation application
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, 32, (2), 570-588
17. Can measurement error explain the productivity paradox?
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, 32, (2), 251-280 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)
18. INDEX NUMBER APPROACHES TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1999, 3, (01), 48-68 View citations

1998

19. HIGH INFLATION, SEASONAL COMMODITIES, AND ANNUAL INDEX NUMBERS
    Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1998, 2, (04), 456-471 View citations
20. Index Number Issues in the Consumer Price Index
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1998, 12, (1), 47-58 View citations
21. The measurement of inflation after tax reform
    Economics Letters, 1998, 61, (3), 279-284 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1997

22. Alternative strategies for aggregating prices in the CPI - commentary
    Review, 1997, (May), 127-138 View citations

1996

23. The Deadweight Costs of Taxation in New Zealand
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29, (s1), 658-73 View citations

1995

24. Flexible functional forms and tests of homogeneous separability
    Journal of Econometrics, 1995, 67, (2), 259-302 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1993

25. Linear and Quadratic Spline Models for Consumer Demand Functions
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1993, 26, (1), 77-106 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1992

26. Exact and Superlative Welfare Change Indicators
    Economic Inquiry, 1992, 30, (4), 562-82 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
27. Quadratic Spline Models for Producer's Supply and Demand Functions
    International Economic Review, 1992, 33, (3), 705-22 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1990)
28. The Measurement of Productivity
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1992, 44, (3), 163-98 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)

1991

29. Tariff Reform in a Small Open Multi-household Economy with Domestic Distortions and Nontraded Goods
    International Economic Review, 1991, 32, (4), 937-57 View citations

1989

30. Productivity- and Pareto-Improving Changes in Taxes and Tariffs
    Review of Economic Studies, 1989, 56, (2), 199-215 View citations

1988

31. A normalized quadratic semiflexible functional form
    Journal of Econometrics, 1988, 37, (3), 327-342 View citations
32. Normalized Quadratic Systems of Consumer Demand Functions
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1988, 6, (3), 303-12 View citations
33. On Tax Reform
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1988, 21, (1), 1-40 View citations

1987

34. Flexible Functional Forms and Global Curvature Conditions
    Econometrica, 1987, 55, (1), 43-68 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1989)
35. The Effects of an Innovation: A Trade Theory Approach
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1987, 20, (4), 694-714

1985

36. A dynamic approach to the measurement of waste in an open economy
    Journal of International Economics, 1985, 19, (3-4), 213-240 View citations
37. Tests for the consistency of consumer data
    Journal of Econometrics, 1985, 30, (1-2), 127-147 View citations

1984

38. Consumption Theorems in Terms of Over and Under Compensation Revisited
    International Economic Review, 1984, 25, (2), 379-85
39. The Measurement of Deadweight Loss in an Open Economy
    Economica, 1984, 51, (201), 23-42 View citations

1983

40. Cost-benefit analysis and project evaluation: A comparison of alternative approaches
    Journal of Public Economics, 1983, 22, (3), 265-302 View citations
41. The Measurement of Waste within the Production Sector of an Open Economy
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1983, 85, (2), 159-79 View citations
42. The duality implications of a concave aggregator function
    Economics Letters, 1983, 11, (3), 197-201

1982

43. Multilateral Comparisons of Output, Input, and Productivity Using Superlative Index Numbers
    Economic Journal, 1982, 92, (365), 73-86 View citations
44. The Economic Theory of Index Numbers and the Measurement of Input, Output, and Productivity
    Econometrica, 1982, 50, (6), 1393-1414 View citations
45. The decomposition of frontier cost function deviations into measures of technical and allocative efficiency
    Journal of Econometrics, 1982, 19, (2-3), 319-331 View citations

1981

46. Direct versus Implicit Superlative Index Number Formulae
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1981, 63, (3), 430-35 View citations
47. Nine kinds of quasiconcavity and concavity
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1981, 25, (3), 397-420 View citations
48. The Comparative Statics of Industry Long-Run Equilibrium
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1981, 14, (1), 78-92 View citations
49. The Elasticity of Derived Net Supply and a Generalized Le Chatelier Principle
    Review of Economic Studies, 1981, 48, (1), 63-80 View citations
50. The Measurement of Deadweight Loss Revisited
    Econometrica, 1981, 49, (5), 1225-44 View citations

1980

51. Capital and the Theory of Productivity Measurement
    American Economic Review, 1980, 70, (2), 260-67 View citations
52. Symmetry Conditions for Market Demand Functions
    Review of Economic Studies, 1980, 47, (3), 595-601

1979

53. Expenditure Functions, Local Duality, and Second Order Approximations
    Econometrica, 1979, 47, (3), 579-601 View citations

1978

54. Optimal tax perturbations
    Journal of Public Economics, 1978, 10, (2), 139-177 View citations
55. Superlative Index Numbers and Consistency in Aggregation
    Econometrica, 1978, 46, (4), 883-900 View citations

1977

56. Flexible Functional Forms and Expenditure Distributions: An Application to Canadian Consumer Demand Functions
    International Economic Review, 1977, 18, (3), 651-75 View citations
57. Frank Knight's Theorem in Linear Programming Revisited
    Econometrica, 1977, 45, (2), 375-98 View citations
58. Generalized slutsky conditions for aggregate consumer demand functions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1977, 15, (2), 353-362 View citations

1976

59. Exact and superlative index numbers
    Journal of Econometrics, 1976, 4, (2), 115-145 View citations
60. Harberger's Welfare Indicator and Revealed Preference Theory
    American Economic Review, 1976, 66, (1), 143-52 View citations

1975

61. Production functions: An integration of micro and marco, short run and long run aspects: L. Johansen, (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1972) 274 pp
    Journal of Econometrics, 1975, 3, (1), 97-99
62. The Samuelson Nonsubstitution Theorem and the Computation of Equilibrium Prices
    Econometrica, 1975, 43, (1), 57-64

1974

63. A Note on Aggregation and Elasticities of Substitution
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1974, 7, (1), 12-20 View citations
64. Functional Forms for Revenue and Factor Requirements Functions
    International Economic Review, 1974, 15, (1), 119-30 View citations
65. Intertemporal Consumer Theory and the Demand for Durables
    Econometrica, 1974, 42, (3), 497-516 View citations
66. The Effects of Unionization on Wages and Employment: A General Equilibrium Analysis
    Economic Inquiry, 1974, 12, (3), 319-39 View citations
67. Unions in a General Equilibrium Model
    Canadian Journal of Economics, 1974, 7, (3), 475-95

1973

68. Afriat and Revealed Preference Theory
    Review of Economic Studies, 1973, 40, (3), 419-25 View citations
69. Functional forms for profit and transformation functions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1973, 6, (3), 284-316 View citations

1971

70. A Note on the Elasticity of Derived Demand in the N-Factor Case
    Economica, 1971, 38, (150), 192-98
71. An Application of the Shephard Duality Theorem: A Generalized Leontief Production Function
    Journal of Political Economy, 1971, 79, (3), 481-507 View citations

Chapters

2007

1. The Measurement of Productivity for Nations
   Chapter 66 in Handbook of Econometrics, 2007, vol. 6A View citations

2006

2. Comment on "Aggregation Issues in Integrating and Accelerating the BEA
   A chapter in A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts, 2006, pp 287-308

2005

3. Issues in the Measurement of Capital Services, Depreciation, Asset Price Changes, and Interest Rates
   A chapter in Measuring Capital in the New Economy, 2005, pp 479-556 View citations

2003

4. Hedonic Regressions. A Consumer Theory Approach
   A chapter in Scanner Data and Price Indexes, 2003, pp 317-348 View citations

2001

5. Which (Old) Ideas on Productivity Measurement Are Ready to Use?
   A chapter in New Developments in Productivity Analysis, 2001, pp 85-102

1999

6. Axiomatic and Economic Approaches to International Comparisons
   A chapter in International and Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices, 1999, pp 13-107 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1993

7. Duality approaches to microeconomic theory
   Chapter 12 in Handbook of Mathematical Economics, 1993, vol. 2, pp 535-599 View citations

1991

8. Productivity Growth and Changes in the Terms of Trade in Japan and the United States
   A chapter in Productivity Growth in Japan and the United States, 1991, pp 201-227

1980

9. Aggregation Problems in the Measurement of Capital
   A chapter in The Measurement of Capital, 1980, pp 433-538 View citations

1978

10. Hick's Aggregation Theorem and the Existence of a Real Value Added Function
    Chapter 2 in Production Economics: A Dual Approach to Theory and Applications, 1978, vol. 2