To chain or not to chain? measuring real GDP in the US and the choice of index number
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- Nicholas Oulton, 2025. "To chain or not to chain? measuring real GDP in the US and the choice of index number," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, vol. 63(1), pages 1-16, February.
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Keywords
chain-linking; GDP; index numbers;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- E01 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General - - - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
- C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- O51 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - U.S.; Canada
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