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The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 58 No. 4 1976

The Meaning and Measurement of the Real Value Added Index

Kazuo Sato

Abstract

i vt= it yjtyjtV(( ) where viVi is nominal value added in industry i and yjYj the nominal GNE on good j. We have vitVit qitQ t mitMit (2) where qQ is the value of gross product and mM the cost of materials.' We wish to maintain the fundamental national-income identity (1) in constant prices, too. This is possible when we evaluate both outputs and inputs in uniform prices, say, of the base year. Then, we have

DOI
10.2307/1935875
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
434
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