The theory of the cost-of-living index / Robert A. Pollak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollak, Robert A., 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer price indexes.

Cost and standard of living.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a collection of eight published and two unpublished papers by a leading theorist, on the theories on index numbers, especially the cost of living index.

Contents:

Contents; 1. The Theory of the Cost-of-Living Index; 2. Subindexes of the Cost-of-Living Index; 3. The Intertemporal Cost-of-Living Index; 4. Welfare Evaluation and the Cost-of-Living Index in the Household Production Model; 5. Welfare Comparisons and Equivalence Scales; 6. Group Cost-of-Living Indexes; 7. The Social Cost-of-Living Index; 8. The Treatment of ""Quality"" in the Cost-of-Living Index; 9. The Treatment of the Environment in the Cost-of-Living Index; 10. Consumer Durables in a Cost-of-Living Index; 11. Mortgage Interest Rates in the CPI; 12. The Treatment of Taxes in the Consumer Price Index; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-280-52396-4

0-19-536322-1

OCLC:

252586506