The apples and oranges theorem for price indices

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 103
Issue: 1
Pages: 12-14

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Abstract

The question is whether or not there is a generally meaningful way to compute price indices. I explore the duality between price and quantity indices, and present an impossibility result that is analogous to the one for quantity indices.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:103:y:2009:i:1:p:12-14
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29