This textbook integrates mathematical index theory and its application in official price statistics. It tries to bridge theory and practice, due to the apparent
This book is the first comprehensive text on index number theory since Irving Fisher's 1922 The Making of Index Numbers. The book covers intertemporal and inter
Although inflation is much feared for its negative effects on the economy, how to measure it is a matter of considerable debate that has important implications
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