Economics 580

January 2012

Professor W. Erwin Diewert

Office:  BuTo 1009
Email:  diewert@econ.ubc.ca

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Reading List

Chapter 0 (.pdf) - Inequalities
Chapter 1 (.pdf) - Early Approaches To Index Number Theory
Chapter 2 (.pdf) - Functional Equations
Chapter 3 (.pdf) - The Axiomatic Approach to Bilateral Index Number Theory
Chapter 4 (.pdf) - The Theory of the Cost of Living Index: The Single Consumer Case
Chapter 5 (.pdf) - The Theory of the Cost of Living Index: The Many Consumer Case
Chapter 6 (.pdf) - Problems with the Theory of the Cost of Living Index
Chapter 7 (.pdf) - The Use of Annual Weights in a Monthly Index
Chapter 8 (.pdf) - Fixed Base Versus Chained Indexes
Chapter 9 (.pdf) - Two Stage Aggregation and Homogeneous Weak Separability
Chapter 10 (.pdf) - Elementary Indexes
Chapter 11 (.pdf) - Alternative Index Number Formulae using an Artificial Data Set
Chapter 12 (.pdf) - The Treatment of Owner Occupied Housing and Other Durables in a Consumer Price Index
Chapter 13 (.pdf) - The Economic Approach to the Producer Price Index
Chapter 14 (.pdf) - PPI Index Number Computations Using an Artificial Data Set
Chapter 15 (.pdf) - The Treatment of Seasonal Products
Chatper 16 (.pdf) Index Number Theory: Past Progress and Problems for the Future