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Subtitle: essays in honor of Sten Malmquist
By: edited by Rolf Färe, Shawna Grosskopf, R. Robert Russell.
Contributors: Malmquist, Sten, 1917-; Färe, Rolf, 1942-; Grosskopf, Shawna.; Russell, R. Robert.; Arne Ryde Symposium (1996 : Lund, Sweden)
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Economics, Mathematical -- Congresses; Index numbers (Economics) -- Congresses
Description: Professor Sten Malmquist constructed the Malmquist quantity index and in doing so developed a distance function defined on a consumption space. This function is the consumer analog to the Shephard input distance function of producers and is used in ratio form to define the quantity index. This volume contains new contributions based on Malmquist's work nearly 50 years ago and provides modern perspectives on the value of this research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Selection of papers presented at the Arne Ryde Symposium in honor of Professor Sten Malmquist, held in Lund on May 28, 1996"--Pref.