Various Approaches to the Aggregation of Economic Productivity Indices

This paper discusses the aggregation of economic productivity indices, in particular Caves, Christensen and Diewert and Moorsteen–Bjurek indices. As part of the theory, some proposals developed in a number of recent papers (co-) authored by Valentin Zelenyuk are put into context. Alternatives are offered which at the same time show that meaningful aggregation is not so simple.

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