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Consistent aggregation with superlative and other price indices
Auer, Ludwig von; Wengenroth, Jochen - 2019
property of consistency in aggregation. This property, however, is indispensable for economic studies that attempt to …. The present paper introduces a thoroughly motivated formal definition of consistency in aggregation and proves that …, contrary to general perception, the three superlative price indices can be considered as consistent in aggregation. Furthermore …
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An application of partial least squares to the construction of the Social Institutions and Gender index (SIGI) and the Corruption Perception Index (CPI)
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan - 2015
relevant determinants. As the measure of corruption we use the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), considering alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498612
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A general theory of price and quantity aggregation and welfare measurement
Hillinger, Claude - 2002
The paper presents a general theory of the aggregation of prices and quantities that unifies the field and relates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514055
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A general theory of price and quantity aggregation and welfare measurement
Hillinger, Claude - 2002
The paper presents a general theory of the aggregation of prices and quantities that unifies the field and relates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001728805
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Quantifying bias and inaccuracy of upper-level aggregation in HICPs for Germany and the euro area
Herzberg, Julika; Knetsch, Thomas A.; Schwind, Patrick; … - 2021
Current HICP measurement practices produce an upward bias of about one-ninth of a percentage point in German inflation due to changing consumption being disregarded and the preliminary data being used in the compilation of expenditure weights. The statistical uncertainty produced by these...
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An application of index numbers theory to interest rates
Huerga, Javier; Steklacova, Lucia - 2008
This paper uses index number theory to disentangle changes in aggregate retail interest rates due to changes in individual component rates (“interest rate effect”) from those caused by changes in the weights of each component (“weight effect”), on the basis of the “difference” index...
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Building daily economic sentiment indicators
Rey del Castillo, Pilar - 2022
The availability of copious amounts of data produced by the increasing datification of our society is nowadays deemed an opportunity to produce timely and convenient statistical information. This paper shows the building of economic sentiment indexes from the texts of the most read economic...
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Measuring inflation in the EU in times of COVID-19
Lamboray, Claude; Evangelista, Rui; Konijn, Paul - In: Eurostat review on national accounts and macroeconomic … (2020), pp. 35-51
The COVID-19 crisis had a major impact on the measurement of inflation around the world, as price observation in shops became impossible and some markets completely closed down. This article looks at the measures taken during the crisis in 2020 to ensure the continued compilation of the European...
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Relative price effects on decompositions of change in aggregate labor productivity
Dumagan, Jesus Castaños - 2013
This paper shows that the decomposition of log-change in aggregate labor productivity (ALP) devised by Balk (2013) based on Sato-Vartia indexes is inexact when applied to gross domestic product (GDP) in chained or in constant prices so that sectoral contributions do not necessarily add up to...
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Disaggregated House Price Indices
Shao, Adam Wenqiang - 2013
This paper estimates and compares methods of constructing disaggregated house price indices from existing house price models using individual sales data for Sydney. Nine alternative house price models are selected to cover the most frequently used methods in the literature: the mean model,...
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