hedonic methods may overstate the price decline of personal computers. We model computers as a durable good and suppose that … the true price of computer services at the time the machine is purchased with the concurrent level of software. To assess … these theoretical results we estimate the model and find that before 2000 the hedonic price index constructed with BLS …

advisory have average stock price declines of 3% in three days and 11% in five days following the advisory release, and in turn … alternative definitions of the timing of advisory release dates and the severity of advisories' wording. Theory and empirical …

generics, and the generic efficiency rate - the latter frequently approaching 100%. Whereas in 1994, the generic price index … price indexes are 68 and 27, respectively. Recent studies sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons focus … prescription drugs most commonly used by beneficiaries in Medicare Part D, the average price per prescription declined by 21 …