An Implicit Törnqvist Index of Real GDP
✍ Scribed by Ulrich Kohli
- Book ID
- 111605120
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 214 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-562X
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