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A note on the true factorial price index-addendum to a note by Balk

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In this note we show that for more than one good the true factorial price index is exact only for Leontief-type, fixed coefficients utility functions.

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  1. Institut für Wirtschaftstheorie und Operations Research, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstr. 12, D-7500, Karlsruhe

    A. Pfingsten

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Pfingsten, A. A note on the true factorial price index-addendum to a note by Balk. Statistische Hefte 26, 65–69 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02932520

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