Scanner data and price indexes

Author(s)

• Feenstra, Robert C.
• Shapiro, Matthew D. (Matthew David)

Bibliographic Information

Scanner data and price indexes

edited by Robert C. Feenstra and Matthew D. Shapiro

（Studies in income and wealth, v. 64）

University of Chicago Press, 2003

Note

"National Bureau of Economic Research, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth"--Facing t.p

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The data from bar-code scanners offers a number of attractive features for economists and statisticians, because they are collected continuously, are available quickly and record prices for all items sold, not just a sample. But scanner data also presents a number of difficulties for current statistical systems. This book assesses both the promise and the challenges of using scanner data to produce economic statistics. Three papers present the results of work in progress at statistical agencies in the US, UK and Canada, including a project to incorporate scanner data into the monthly Consumer Price Index. Other papers demonstrate the potential of using scanner data to test economic theories.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA60909460
• ISBN:
  • 0226239659
• LCCN: 2002075288
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: x, 393 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC106.3
  • LCC : HB225
  • DC21 : 330.015195
  • DC21 : 338.5/28/0285574
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Consumer price indexes -- Data processing
  • LCSH : Consumer price indexes -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Price indexes -- Data processing
  • LCSH : Price indexes -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Prices -- Data processing
  • LCSH : Prices -- Statistical methods
  • LCSH : Point-of-sale systems
  • LCSH : Economics -- Statistical methods
  • LCSH : Bar coding
  • LCSH : Scanning systems -- Economic aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00550140