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Theory and Applications of Economic Indices

Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the University of Karlsruhe April—June 1976

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  • © 1978

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  1. W. Eichhorn

    1. Universities of Karlsruhe and Berkeley, USA

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  2. R. Henn

    1. Universities of Karlsruhe and Berkeley, USA

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  3. O. Opitz

    1. Universities of Karlsruhe and Berkeley, USA

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  4. R. W. Shephard

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Table of contents (32 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Methodological Topics Concerning Economic Indices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What is an Economic Index ? An Attempt of an Answer

      • Wolfgang Eichhorn
      Pages 3-42

    3. Semantics and “Object Logic” of Price Indices

      • Günter Menges
      Pages 43-54

    4. On the Relationship Between Numerical Taxonomy and the Theory of Economic Indices

      • Otto Opitz
      Pages 55-63

  3. Methodological Topics Concerning Economic Indices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. On Wald’s “New Formula” for the Cost of Living

      • S. N. Afriat
      Pages 67-107

    3. An Extension and Alternative Proof of Gorman’s Price Aggregation Theorem

      • Charles Blackorby, Daniel Primont, R. Robert Russell
      Pages 109-141

    4. Examination of Purchasing-Power-Parity-Methods with a View to Choosing the Most Appropriate Method for a European-Community Purchasing-Power-Parity Model

      • Helmut Diehl
      Pages 143-160

    5. Revealed Preference and the Economic Theory of Index Numbers

      • Susanne Fuchs-Seliger
      Pages 161-175

    6. A Note on the Characterization of Fisher’s “Ideal Index”

      • Helmut Funke, Joachim Voeller
      Pages 177-181

    7. Price Indices and Generalized Associativity

      • Wilhelm Gehrig
      Pages 183-205

    8. Economic and Atomistic Index Numbers: Contrasts and Similarities

      • Georg Hasenkamp
      Pages 207-243

    9. A Note on Criteria for Price Index Systems

      • Claus Hild, Günter Hacker
      Pages 245-255

    10. Basic Ideas on Stochastic Indices

      • Bernd Mundlos, Jochen Schwarze
      Pages 257-270

    11. Fisher’s Five Tines Fork and other Quantum Theories of Index Numbers

      • Yrjö O. Vartia
      Pages 271-294

    12. Divisia Indices on Different Paths

      • Arthur Vogt
      Pages 297-305
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Universities of Karlsruhe and Berkeley, USA

    W. Eichhorn, R. Henn, O. Opitz, R. W. Shephard

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theory and Applications of Economic Indices

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the University of Karlsruhe April—June 1976

  • Editors: W. Eichhorn, R. Henn, O. Opitz, R. W. Shephard

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-41486-6

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-0191-0Published: 01 January 1978

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-41486-6Published: 14 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 759

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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