A newly identified source of potential CPI bias: Weekly versus monthly unit value price indexes

被引：1

作者：

Diewert, W. Erwin ^{[1
,2
]}

Fox, Kevin J. ^{[2
]}

de Haan, Jan ^{[3
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada

[2] Univ New S Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

[3] Stat Netherlands, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[4] Delft Univ Technol, NL-2600 AA Delft, Netherlands

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2016年 / 141卷

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

Elementary price indexes; Aggregation; Inflation; SCANNER DATA; INFLATION; NUMBERS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2016.02.022

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We find that unit value prices used for constructing the CPI should be for the same period as the index to be constructed, rather than for a sub-period. The latter approach can lead to an upward bias in the CPI. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：169 / 172

页数：4