Splicing Index Numbers

Robert Hill () and Kevin Fox

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1997, vol. 15, issue 3, 387-89

Abstract: This article demonstrates the compelling case for using the geometric mean formula for splicing overlapping index number series. The justification for using the geometric mean rests on the fact that it is the only symmetric mean formula that generates a spliced series that is invariant to rescaling of the original series.

Date: 1997
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