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Changing consumer preferences and the cost-of-living index: Theory and nonparametric expressions

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  1. Bert M. Balk

    Present address: Department for Price Statistics, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics, P. O. Box 959, 2270 AZ, Voorburg, The Netherlands

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    The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policies of the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics.

    An extended version of this paper was presented at the European Meeting of the Econometric Society in Bologna, September 1988. The author thanks Professor Franklin M. Fisher and two unknown referees for their comments.

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    Balk, B.M. Changing consumer preferences and the cost-of-living index: Theory and nonparametric expressions. Zeitschr. f. Nationalökonomie 50, 157–169 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01239124

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