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Journal of Economic Perspectives: Vol. 12 No. 1 (Winter 1998)
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Index Number Issues in the Consumer Price Index
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Diewert, W Erwin. 1998. "Index Number Issues in the Consumer Price Index."
Journal of Economic Perspectives,
12(1): 47-58.
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.1.47
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.1.47
Abstract
This paper addresses the following issues: what is an appropriate theoretical consumer price index that statistical agencies should attempt to measure; what are some of the possible sources of biases between the fixed base Laspeyres price index that statistical agencies produce and the theoretical cost-of-living index; and what factors will make the biases larger or smaller and how will the biases change as the general inflation rate changes? This paper addresses all of the issues mentioned above and discusses what statistical agencies can do to reduce the biases.
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Diewert, W. Erwin (U British Columbia)
JEL Classifications
E31: Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
C43: Index Numbers and Aggregation; leading indicators
C43: Index Numbers and Aggregation; leading indicators
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