understanding output and productivity growth of the U.S. economy but are unobserved at this level of aggregation and must be …

, we analytically decompose the difference between the standard CPI and a democratically weighted index (ie, the CPI …

provide a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index (COLI). This paper focuses on whether the BLS can improve upon the … headline CPI-U’s current biennial weight update process, thereby reducing the CPI-U’s growth rate and bringing the index closer … imply substantial consumer substitution, implying that the CPI-U’s Lowe index formula yields higher inflation estimates than …

This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies covering its two main dimensions namely Risk …

This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies for Pakistan, covering its two main dimensions …, political and economic aspects. It is also analyzed empirically whether the overall index as well as sub-indexes constructed to …

der vorliegenden Arbeit wird eine Methode entwickelt, die eine konsistente Aggregation unterschiedlicher …