The Economic Theory of Index Numbers and the Measurement of Input, Output, and Productivity

DOI10.2307/1913388zbMath0524.90028OpenAlexW2081541758WikidataQ56699007 ScholiaQ56699007MaRDI QIDQ3037087

Douglas W. Caves, W. Erwin Diewert, Laurits R. Christensen

Publication date: 1982

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/1913388

zbMATH Keywords

economic index numbersinput output and productivity comparisons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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