The theory of economic price and quantity indicators

Bert Balk, Rolf Färe () and Shawna Grosskopf

Economic Theory, 2003, vol. 23, issue 1, 149-164

Abstract: This paper develops the theory of economic price and quantity indicators, being the difference analogue of indexes. The properties of indicators and indexes are compared. Observable bounds for the indicators will be derived, as well as two exactness results for Bennet (1920)-type price and quantity indicators. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2003

Keywords: Price and quantity change; Difference measures; Bennet indicators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0364-5

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