Price index concepts and measurement

Author(s)

• Diewert, W. E. (W. Erwin)
• Greenlees, John Shearer
• Hulten, Charles R.
• Conference on Research in Income and Wealth

Bibliographic Information

Price index concepts and measurement

edited by W. Erwin Diewert, John Greenlees, and Charles Hulten

（Studies in income and wealth, v. 70）

University of Chicago Press, 2009

• : cloth

Note

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Although inflation is much feared for its negative effects on the economy, how to measure it is a matter of considerable debate that has important implications for interest rates, monetary supply, and investment and spending decisions. Underlying many of these issues is the concept of the Cost-of-Living Index (COLI) and its controversial role as the methodological foundation for the Consumer Price Index. "Price Index Concepts and Measurements" brings together leading experts to address the many questions involved in conceptualizing and measuring inflation. They evaluate the accuracy of COLI, a Cost-of-Goods Index, and a variety of other methodological frameworks as the bases for consumer price construction.

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Details

• NCID: BB00703420
• ISBN:
  • 9780226148557
• LCCN: 2009017691
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 519 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC106.3
  • LCC : HG229.5
  • DC22 : 338.5/28
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Indexation (Economics) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Inflation (Finance) -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Price indexes -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00550140