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