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Walter Diewert
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 105
Citations - 13407
Walter Diewert is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Index (economics) & Price index. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 102 publications receiving 12940 citations. Previous affiliations of Walter Diewert include University of New South Wales & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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The economic theory of index numbers and the measurement of input, output, and productivity
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Exact and superlative index numbers
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors rationalize certain functional forms of index numbers with functional forms for the underlying aggregator function, and show that a certain family of index number formulae is exact for the "flexible" quadratic mean of order r aggregator functions.
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An Application of the Shephard Duality Theorem: A Generalized Leontief Production Function
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the Shephard duality theorem to obtain a system of derived demand equations which are linear in the technological parameters, thus facilitating econometric estimation.
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Introduction to Measurement with Theory
TL;DR: This working paper is the first draft of an overview and commentary on the papers to appear in a Macroeconomic Dynamics Special Issue on Measurement with Theory, which is part of a larger initiative to promote "measurement with theory" in economics.