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INDICE IDEAL FISHER [1 record]

Record 1 2003-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
  • Statistics
  • National Accounting
CONT

The Fisher Ideal Index is the geometric mean of the Laspeyres and Paasche indexes; that is, the square root of their product (Fisher, 1922).

OBS

A Fisher "ideal" index understates both rises and falls in the true cost of living.

OBS

Quantity and price index used in the national income and product accounts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie
  • Statistique
  • Comptabilité nationale
CONT

Utilisé dans les comptes nationaux américains, l'indice de Fisher est une moyenne géométrique des indices habituels de Laspeyres et Paasche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Costo de vida
  • Estadística
  • Contabilidad nacional
OBS

Ideado por Irving Fisher para compensar el posible sesgo de dos índices. Consiste en su medida geométrica, es decir, en la raiz cuadrada de su producto; p.e.: la media geométrica de los índices de Laspeyres y de Paasche.

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