Summary “Which index formula at the elementary level, where no expenditure share weights are available, corresponds to a desired aggregate index?” To answer this question, this paper develops a statistical approach. It proposes a theoretical framework which makes it possible to achieve...

Als die Inflationsraten in Deutschland Mitte 2008 relativ hoch waren, wurde die vermeintlich starke Belastung unterer Einkommensschichten durch die Teuerung öffentlich diskutiert. Dagegen kommen Claus Christian Breuer und Jens Mehrhoff in ihrer detaillierten empirischen Analyse zu dem Ergebnis,...

“Which index formula at the elementary level, where no expenditure share weights are available, corresponds to a desired aggregate index?” To answer this question, this paper develops a statistical approach. It proposes a theoretical framework which makes it possible to achieve numerical...