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Autore |
Pollak Robert A. <1938-> |
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Titolo |
The theory of the cost-of-living index / / Robert A. Pollak |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c1989 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-52396-4 |
0-19-536322-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumer price indexes |
Cost and standard of living |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographies and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. The Theory of the Cost-of-Living Index; 2. Subindexes of the Cost-of-Living Index; 3. The Intertemporal Cost-of-Living Index; 4. Welfare Evaluation and the Cost-of-Living Index in the Household Production Model; 5. Welfare Comparisons and Equivalence Scales; 6. Group Cost-of-Living Indexes; 7. The Social Cost-of-Living Index; 8. The Treatment of ""Quality"" in the Cost-of-Living Index; 9. The Treatment of the Environment in the Cost-of-Living Index; 10. Consumer Durables in a Cost-of-Living Index; 11. Mortgage Interest Rates in the CPI; 12. The Treatment of Taxes in the Consumer Price Index; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a collection of eight published and two unpublished papers by a leading theorist, on the theories on index numbers, especially the cost of living index. |
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