Measurement in Economics: Theory and Applications of Economics Indices

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
’Cheaper by the Dozen’: Twelve Functional Equations and their Applications to the ’Laws of Science’ and to Measurement in Economics....Pages 3-17
The Equation of Measurement....Pages 19-27
The Solutions of Important Special Cases of the Equation of Measurement....Pages 29-37
On a Functional Equation with Applications to Measurement in Economics....Pages 39-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
The Precision of Consumer Price Indices Caused by the Sampling Variability of Budget Surveys; an Example....Pages 49-57
On the Factorial Approach to Index Number Problems, Consumption Analysis and Orthogonal Decomposition of National Income: A Review....Pages 59-66
Test Approaches to International Comparisons....Pages 67-86
Production-Theoretic input Price Indices and the Measurement of Real Aggregate input Use....Pages 87-98
Mean Value Properties of the Weights of Linear Price Indices....Pages 99-115
Axiomatic Characterization of Statistical Price Indices....Pages 117-133
A System of Functional Equations Considered by Krtscha....Pages 135-136
A Probabilistic Model for Price Levels in Discontinuous Markets....Pages 137-156
Weighting and Additivity Problems of Multilateral Comparison....Pages 157-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
On the Definition of Efficiency Measures: A Note....Pages 167-169
Efficiency Gains from Addition of Technologies: A Nonparametric Approach....Pages 171-176
Efficiency Measures for Multiplant Firms with Limited Data....Pages 177-186
Testing for Aggregation Bias in Efficiency Measurement....Pages 187-206
On the Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Technical Efficiency....Pages 207-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
On the Role of Income Compensation Functions as Money — Metric Utility Functions....Pages 221-237
Algebra and Topology in Cardinal Utility Theory....Pages 239-252
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Binary Inversions and Transitive Majorities....Pages 253-267
Evaluation Techniques for Paired Ratio-Comparison Matrices in a Hierarchical Decision Model....Pages 269-288
On the Effects of Bayesian Learning for a Risk-Averse Consumer....Pages 289-295
Measurement by Public Opinion Polls and Consequences for Modelling Pure Competition....Pages 297-309
Characterizations of Quasilinear Representations and Specified Forms of These....Pages 311-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
A Measure or Index of Noxiousness....Pages 329-347
Environmental Quality Indices: Problems, Concepts, Examples....Pages 349-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
How to Retrieve the Lorenz Curve from Sparse Data....Pages 373-382
Axiomatizations of the Entropy Numbers Equivalent Index of Industrial Concentration....Pages 383-397
On the Decomposition of Inequality: Partitions into Nonoverlapping Sub-Groups....Pages 399-412
On the Shannon — Theil Concentration Measure and its Characterizations....Pages 413-427
Aggregation Issues in Inequality Measurement....Pages 429-451
On the Construction of an Index of Bequest Behavior....Pages 453-476
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Risk-Taking under Progressive Taxation: Three Partial Effects....Pages 479-497
Measuring the Burden of Taxation: An Index Number Approach....Pages 499-518
Net Fiscal Incidence Progressivity: Some Approaches to Measurement....Pages 519-532
Distributional Equity and Measurement of Tax Progressivity....Pages 533-548
Measures of Tax Progression — An Axiomatic Approach....Pages 549-562
Equal Sacrifice in Taxation....Pages 563-574
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
Consistent Commodity Aggregates In Market Demand Equations....Pages 577-606
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
The Problem of Aggregation of Individual Economic Relations; Consistency and Representativity in a Historical Perspective....Pages 607-637
Aggregation and Efficiency....Pages 639-647
Separability and the Existence of Aggregates....Pages 649-670
Nataf’s Theorem, Taylor’s Expansion and Homogeneity in Consumer Demand....Pages 671-689
Consistent Aggregation of a General Equilibrium Model....Pages 691-703
Front Matter....Pages 705-705
The Concept of “Scale” and Related Topics in the Specification of Econometric Cost Functions: Theory and Application to Hospitals....Pages 707-723
Theory and Measurement of Productivity and Cost Gaps: A Comparison for the Manufacturing Industry in U.S., Japan and Germany, 1960–1979....Pages 725-750
Indices of Allocation Inefficiencies for Heterogeneous Labor....Pages 751-766
On the Identification of Key Sectors: Critical Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Key Sector Indices....Pages 767-791
Testing Integrability Conditions in a Dynamic Framework....Pages 793-807
Value-Added Total-Factor-Productivity Measurement: A Monte-Carlo Assessment....Pages 809-830