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Price and Volume Measures in the System of National Accounts

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This paper is a review of Chapter 16 in the System of National Accounts, 1993 entitled “Price and Volume Measures,” which was written by Peter Hill (1993). Sections 8.2 to 8.11 below will provide a brief review of the major topics that were covered in Chapter 16 along with some references to the literature. A decision was made not to include references in the new System of National Accounts, but this is rather unfair to the reader who may want to explore a particular topic at greater length. Thus we hope that this paper will serve as a useful supplement to Chapter 16.

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Diewert, W.E., Gordon, R.J. (1996). Price and Volume Measures in the System of National Accounts . In: Kendrick, J.W. (eds) The New System of National Accounts. Recent Economic Thought Series, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1798-9_8

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