| Article ID: | iaor1998856 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 54 |
| End Page Number: | 65 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Journal: | Pesquisa Operacional |
| Authors: | Lins Gerardo Estellita, Fuks Saul, Lins Marcos Estellita |
| Keywords: | programming: linear |
This work presents a new proposal for cost indices formulation which incorporates technological evolution, production seasonality and consumption habits changing effects. These indices can produce better estimates of economic welfare evolution for a given population and reveal existent biases due to present methodology based in fixed quantities and prices.