Gerschenkron effect

English

Etymology

Named after Alexander Gerschenkron who developed the idea.

Noun

Gerschenkron effect (plural Gerschenkron effects)

  1. (economics, statistics) The theory that changing the base year for an index determines the growth rate of the index.

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