Definition: Superlative indices

Category: OECD terminology

Price or quantity indices that are "exact" for a flexible aggregator. A flexible aggregator is a second-order approximation to an arbitrary production, cost, utility or distance function. Exactness implies that a particular index number can be directly derived from a specific flexible aggregator. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/oecd_measuring_productivity_2001_en.pdf
Source:
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Measuring Productivity - OECD Manual: Measurement of Aggregate and Industry-Level Productivity Growth", Paris, 2001
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