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Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 1-4

This twelth issue of the International Productivity Monitor, published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, differs from past issues. Five of the six articles address one topic, namely the impact of the Boskin Commission after one decade on price measurement. A final article...

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The Boskin Commission Report: A Retrospective One Decade Later

Gordon, Robert J. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 7-22

The author summarizes the report’s methods, findings, and recommendations, and then reviews the comments and criticisms that appeared soon after the report was issued. Changes in CPI methodology are also summarized and assessed, as is recent research on related issues. Based on recent...

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The BLS Response to the Boskin Commission Report

Greenlees, John S. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 23-41

The author provides a BLS response to the Boskin Commission from the perspective of ten years following the release of the report. He documents the research on price indexes done at the BLS in the first half of the 1990s that pointed to upward CPI bias, and discusses how these results eventually...

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The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade

Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 24-60

The author highlights the extremely salutatory effect the Boskin Commission has had on international price statistics, promoting open discussion of price measurement issues, engendering dialogue between statistical agencies and users, and encouraging research. Less positive in the author'sview...

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Policy Implications of the Boskin Commission Report

Baily, Martin Neil - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 74-83

The author supports the type of the back-of-the-envelope calculations of CPI bias that the Commission used so effectively to attract public attention to its report. In the area of quality adjustment, however, he criticizes the Boskin Commission for what he calls “premature extrapolation,”...

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The Boskin Commission Report After a Decade: After-life or Requiem?

Berndt, Ernst R. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 61-73

The author provides a political economy interpretation of the rise and fall of public interest in price measurement, placing these developments in the context of the attempt by Congress and the White House to deal with growing deficits in the early to mid-1990s. He provides a detailed discussion...

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The Boskin Commission Report: Introduction to the Symposium and Implications for Productivity

Triplett, Jack E. - In: International Productivity Monitor 12 (2006) Spring, pp. 5-6

Brief introduction to the symposium highlighting the importance of price measurement for reliable productivity estimates. Accurate price indexes are essential for reliable productivity measurement. the author points out that a one percentage point upward bias in price changes results in a one...

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Effet de seuil de l'inflation sur la croissance économique dans la zone Monétaire de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

Olowofeso, Olorunsola E.; John-Sowe, Maimuna; Kargbo, … - 2022

Alors que des études antérieures ont exploré la relation entre l'inflation et la croissance économique, la littérature … existante sur l'effet de seuil de l'inflation sur la croissance économique dans la Zone Monétaire de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ZMAO … vide dans la littérature empirique en exploitant la variation des taux d'inflation entre les pays et au fil du temps pour …

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Fisher, Macaulay et Allais face au "Paradoxe de Gibson"

Prat, Georges; Durand, Jean-Jacques - EconomiX, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre la Défense … - 2009

rates and an increase of the general level of good prices. This negative correlation expected between these two variables …

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Mesures et perception de l’inflation en France et dans la zone euro. État des lieux.

CHAUVIN, V.; LE BIHAN, H. - In: Bulletin de la Banque de France (2007) 160, pp. 19-34

La mesure de l’inflation a fait l’objet de nombreux débats récents mais les biais susceptibles d’affecter l’indice des …

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