The Economic Theory of Cost of Living Index Numbers / / Melville J. Ulmer.

Studies the difference between economic theory and practice as it pertains to the cost of living index.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1949]
©1949
Year of Publication:1949
Language:English
Series:Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 550
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Physical Description:1 online resource (108 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter I. Introduction
  • Chapter II. The Problem of Definition
  • Chapter III. The Theory of the Cost of Living Index
  • Chapter IV. A Practical Development of the Theory
  • Chapter V. Implications
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A — The Derivation of Methods for Constructing Cost of Living Index Numbers from Family Budget Data
  • Appendix B — Additional Practical Implications: The Income and Space Dimensions of Cost of Living Index Numbers
  • Appendix C — A Note On Wartime Experience
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index