In several studies, hedonic methods have been used successfully for the ex post assessment of the accuracy of inflation measurement. Most of those studies relate to high-tech products, with respect to which traditional methods of compiling price indices often fail. We apply hedonic methods to...

We analyse the adjustment of retail and services prices in a period of low inflation, using a set of individual price data from the German Consumer Price Index that covers the years 1998 to 2003. We strong find evidence of time- and statedependent price adjustment. Most importantly, the...

In several studies, hedonic methods have been used successfully for the ex post assessment of the accuracy of inflation measurement. Most of those studies relate to high-tech products, with respect to which traditional methods of compiling price indices often fail. We apply hedonic methods to...

In dieser Studie wird die Genauigkeit der Inflationsmessung in Deutschland am Beispiel des Preisindex für die Lebenshaltung theoretisch und empirisch untersucht. In vergleichbaren Untersuchungen, wie sie bisher insbesondere für die USA angestellt wurden, sind vier wichtige ,,Fehler-" quellen...