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The theory of economic price and quantity indicators

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  • Bert Balk
  • Rolf Färe
  • Shawna Grosskopf

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This paper develops the theory of economic price and quantity indicators, being the difference analogue of indexes. The properties of indicators and indexes are compared. Observable bounds for the indicators will be derived, as well as two exactness results for Bennet (1920)-type price and quantity indicators. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2003

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  • Bert Balk & Rolf Färe & Shawna Grosskopf, 2003. "The theory of economic price and quantity indicators," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 23(1), pages 149-164, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:23:y:2003:i:1:p:149-164
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-003-0364-5
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    1. Valentin Zelenyuk, 2023. "Productivity analysis: roots, foundations, trends and perspectives," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 60(3), pages 229-247, December.
    2. Rolf Färe & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2021. "On aggregation of multi-factor productivity indexes," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 55(2), pages 107-133, April.
    3. Frederic Ang & Kristiaan Kerstens & Jafar Sadeghi, 2023. "Energy productivity and greenhouse gas emission intensity in Dutch dairy farms: A Hicks–Moorsteen by‐production approach under non‐convexity and convexity with equivalence results," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 74(2), pages 492-509, June.
    4. Frederic Ang & Pieter Jan Kerstens, 2018. "Superlative approximation of the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator: Theory and application," IFRO Working Paper 2018/10, University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.
    5. Ang, Frederic & Kerstens, Pieter Jan, 2017. "Decomposing the Luenberger–Hicks–Moorsteen Total Factor Productivity indicator: An application to U.S. agriculture," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 260(1), pages 359-375.
    6. Ang, Frederic & Kerstens, Pieter Jan, 2020. "A superlative indicator for the Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator: Theory and application," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 285(3), pages 1161-1173.
    7. Stefano NASINI & Rabia NESSAH, 2021. "Endogenous Learning in Multi-Sector Economies," Working Papers 2021-EQM-08, IESEG School of Management, revised Oct 2023.
    8. Rolf Färe & Valentin Zelenyuk, 2020. "POn Fisher Aggregation of Multi-factor Productivity Indexes," CEPA Working Papers Series WP082020, School of Economics, University of Queensland, Australia.

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