Economics and the Price Index

This book brings together a coherent discussion of fifty years of astonishingly creative work on the 'The Index Number Problem'. Co-written by the leading figure in this field, it will be of interest to all those for whom the price index problem remains a source of fascination.

List of contents

Foreword (Angus Deaton, Princeton University, USA) PART I: Concept and method 1. The Super Price Index: Irving Fisher, and after 2.The Price-Level Computation Method 3.Price Level Computation: Illustrations PART II: Precursor 1.The system of inequalities ars > xs - xr. 2.On the constructibility of consistent price indices between several periods simultaneously 3.The Theory of Exact and Superlative Index-Numbers Revisited

About the author

S. N. Afriat , resident of Siena, intermittent adjunct at the University, Mathematics and Economics, permanent Visiting Professor. Carlo Milana , Research Director at ISAE (Istituto di Studi e Analisi Economica), Rome, a public research institution supported by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Summary

This book brings together a coherent discussion of fifty years of astonishingly creative work on the 'The Index Number Problem'. Co-written by the leading figure in this field, it will be of interest to all those for whom the price index problem remains a source of fascination.

Additional text

"Sydney Afriat is the guru of the price index" Angus Deaton (Princeton University, USA)
"Researchers interested in price indexes, inter-area comparisons, revealed preference theory, or productivity measurement will find this book an enlightening, entertaining, and highly creative treatise on where the theory should go from here."Marshall Reinsdorf (Senior Research Economist, US Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Product details

• Authors: S N Afriat, S.N. Afriat, S.n. (University of Siena Afriat, S.n. Milana Afriat, Carlo Milana, Milana Carlo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2014
• EAN: 9781138805330
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80533-0
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Applied mathematics, Economic theory and philosophy