The Theory of the Cost-Of-Living Index (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195058703)

Providing a valuable resource for government economists, academics, and research libraries, this volume contains twelve papers by Robert Pollak--four previously unpublished--that explore the theory of the cost of living index. In addition to Pollak's classic paper, "The Theory of the Cost of Living Index," the volume includes papers on subindexes, the intertemporal cost of living index, welfare comparisons and equivalence scales, the social cost of living index, the treatment of "quality," and consumer durables in the cost of living index.

Author: Robert A. Pollak
ISBN-10: 0195058704
ISBN-13: 9780195058703
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/14/1989
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.59h x 6.42w x 0.85d