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Index numbers in theory and practice /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Macmillan, c1975.Description: x, 278 pISBN:
  • 0333169166
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.01'82 ALL
LOC classification:
  • HB225 .A37 1975
Summary: This work deals with some further problems in the construction of index numbers, problems which are both troublesome and largely unresolved. These include the use of sampling techniques in index-number design and the theoretical and practical treatment of quality changes. It is also devoted to a number of detailed and specific applications of index-number techniques to problems ranging from national-income accounting, through the measurement of inequality of incomes and international comparisons of real incomes, to the use of index numbers of stock-market prices. Aimed primarily at students of economics, whatever their age and range of interests, this work will also be of use to those who handle index numbers professionally.
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Monograph & others Monograph & others CBN HQ Library General Stacks Non-fiction 330.01'82 ALL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31008100103312

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 270-274.

This work deals with some further problems in the construction of index numbers, problems which are both troublesome and largely unresolved. These include the use of sampling techniques in index-number design and the theoretical and practical treatment of quality changes. It is also devoted to a number of detailed and specific applications of index-number techniques to problems ranging from national-income accounting, through the measurement of inequality of incomes and international comparisons of real incomes, to the use of index numbers of stock-market prices. Aimed primarily at students of economics, whatever their age and range of interests, this work will also be of use to those who handle index numbers professionally.

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