Kevin J. Fox Interview of W. Erwin Diewert

Walter Diewert and Kevin Fox

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Abstract: In this paper, Fox interviews Diewert on his academic career. His contributions to the development of flexible functional forms, superlative index numbers, the difference approach to index number theory, the measurement of waste, the user cost of capital, the measurement of Total Factor Productivity, the use of generalized concavity in economics, the measurement of financial sector outputs and inputs and the comparative statics of maximizing behavior are covered. His work on the development of international manuals on the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, on Property Prices and on the International Comparison of Prices is also noted. His pioneering work on the nonparametric of preferences and of technologies is also mentioned.

Keywords: Flexible functional forms; superlative index numbers; measurement of waste; user cost of capital; Total Factor Productivity measurement; generalized c (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 C43 C51 C61 D12 D24 D90 E01 E31 E41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 59 pages
Date: 2016-06-02, Revised 2016-06-02
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