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Multilateral Indices: Conflicting Approaches?

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  • John Quiggin
  • Matthijs Van Veelen

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This short paper focusses on an apparent conflict between two results from different approaches to the problem of finding multilateral index numbers. The impossibility theorem of Van Veelen (2002) is an axiomatic result that rules out the existence of a multilateral index that satisfies four modest requirements. This also implies that no bilateral index can consistently be generalized to a multilateral setting. Adopting a revealed preference approach, Dowrick and Quiggin (1997) however construct a multilateral extention of Fisher's ideal index, which preserves a range of desirable properties. This note shows what it is that drives the divergence between those two results. It also gives implications for practical use of results from either approach.

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  • John Quiggin & Matthijs Van Veelen, 2007. "Multilateral Indices: Conflicting Approaches?," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 53(2), pages 372-378, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:53:y:2007:i:2:p:372-378
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2007.00235.x
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    1. DECANCQ, Koen & FLEURBAEY, Marc & SCHOKKAERT, Erik, 2014. "Inequality, income, and well-being," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2014018, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    2. van Veelen, Matthijs, 2009. "The apples and oranges theorem for price indices," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 103(1), pages 12-14, April.

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