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INTRODUCTION TO MEASUREMENT WITH THEORY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2009

William A. Barnett ,
W. Erwin Diewert  and
Arnold Zellner
William A. Barnett*
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
W. Erwin Diewert
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia
Arnold Zellner
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
*
Address correspondence to: William A. Barnett, Department of Economics, University of Kansas, Snow Hall, 1460 Jayhawks Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045-7585, USA; e-mail: barnett@ku.edu.
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Abstract

This paper is the introduction to the Macroeconomic Dynamics Special Issue on Measurement with Theory. The Guest Editors of the special issue are William A. Barnett, W. Erwin Diewert, Shigeru Iwata, and Arnold Zellner. The papers included are part of a larger initiative to promote measurement with theory in economics.

Keywords

MeasurementIndex Number TheoryAggregation Theory
Type
Introduction
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Macroeconomic Dynamics , Volume 13 , Supplement S2: Measurement with Theory , September 2009 , pp. 151 - 168
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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