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At what price? [[electronic resource] ] : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes / / Panel on Conceptual, Measurement, and Other Statistical Issues in Developing Cost-of-Living Indexes ; Charles L. Schultze and Christopher Mackie, editors
| At what price? [[electronic resource] ] : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes / / Panel on Conceptual, Measurement, and Other Statistical Issues in Developing Cost-of-Living Indexes ; Charles L. Schultze and Christopher Mackie, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 332 p |
| Disciplina | 338.5/28/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchultzeCharles L
MackieChristopher D |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Cost and standard of living - United States - Statistical methods Prices - United States - Statistical methods Economic indicators - United States Index numbers (Economics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-18469-8
9786610184699 0-309-51217-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456437503321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At what price? [[electronic resource] ] : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes / / Panel on Conceptual, Measurement, and Other Statistical Issues in Developing Cost-of-Living Indexes ; Charles L. Schultze and Christopher Mackie, editors
| At what price? [[electronic resource] ] : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes / / Panel on Conceptual, Measurement, and Other Statistical Issues in Developing Cost-of-Living Indexes ; Charles L. Schultze and Christopher Mackie, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 332 p |
| Disciplina | 338.5/28/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchultzeCharles L
MackieChristopher D |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Cost and standard of living - United States - Statistical methods Prices - United States - Statistical methods Economic indicators - United States Index numbers (Economics) |
| ISBN |
0-309-17079-6
1-280-18469-8 9786610184699 0-309-51217-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A COGI Versus a COLI, 2 -- The Scope or Domain of the Index, 3 -- Aggregation, 4 -- Accounting for Substitution Behavior, 5 -- Quality Change, 6 -- New Goods, 7 -- Outlets, 8 -- Pricing Medical Care, 9 -- Index Design and Index Purpose, 10 -- Data Collection, 11 -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Background, 13 -- Panel Charge and Report Organization, 17 -- Alternative Approaches: A COGI Versus a COLI, 18 -- Domain of the CPI, 19 -- Substitution, 21 -- Aggregation, 26 -- Changes in the Quality of Goods, 27 -- New Goods, 30 -- Outlet Substitution, 32 -- Stocks and Flows, 33 -- Index Purpose and Design, 35 -- Data Collection, 36 -- 2 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR PRICE AND -- COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES 38 -- Setting the Stage: What Are Price Indexes?, 41 -- The Theory of Price Indexes and Its Critics, 43 -- Two Perspectives, 57 -- Conclusions, 73 -- Technical Note: A Mathematical Approach to Price Indexes, 74 -- 3 INDEX DOMAIN 94 -- An Unconditional COLI: Conceptual Issues, 96 -- Measurement Problems, 98 -- Supplemental Indexes and Satellite Accounts, 101 -- Other Domain Issues, 102 -- Conclusion and Recommendation, 105 -- 4 EVOLVING MARKET BASKETS: ADJUSTING INDEXES -- TO ACCOUNT FOR QUALITY CHANGE 106 -- COLI and COGI Views of the Quality Change Problem, 109 -- Evidence from the Boskin Commission Report, 112 -- BLS Approaches to Quality Changes, 114 -- Hedonic Regression Methods, 122 -- Cautions and Recommendations, 140 -- Technical Note 1: Boskin Commission Estimates of -- Quality Change and New Goods Bias, 146 -- Technical Note 2: Mathematical Description of Hedonic Methods, 149 -- 5 NEW GOODS AND NEW OUTLETS 155 -- New Goods, 155 -- New Outlets, 167 -- 6 THE SPECIAL CASE OF MEDICAL SERVICES 178 -- Background, 178 -- Conceptual and Measurement Issues, 181 -- The Domain of Consumer Health Expenditures: -- Employers' Health Insurance Payments, 185 -- Direct Pricing of Health Insurance, 186 -- Recommendations, 188 -- 7 INDEX DESIGN AND INDEX PURPOSE 191 -- Indexing Public Transfer Payments, 192 -- Wage Bargains and Indexed Wages, 207 -- Indexing Private Contracts, 208 -- Inflation-Indexed Treasury Securities, 210 -- Indexing the Federal Income Tax System, 212 -- Measuring Output Changes, 214 -- Inflation Indicators for Macroeconomic Policy, 216 -- Technical Note: The CPI Versus the NIPA Price Index -- as an Inflation Measure, 219 -- 8 WHOSE INDEX? AGGREGATING ACROSS HOUSEHOLDS 222 -- Two Kinds of Heterogeneity, 223 -- Heterogeneity in Prices Paid and in Rates of Inflation, 225 -- The Consequences of Heterogeneity for Index Construction, 226 -- Group Indexes: Why the Current Data Collection System -- Cannot Produce Them, 226 -- A Price Index for the Elderly?, 228 -- The Conceptual Basis for Group Indexes, 229 -- How Might Data for Subgroup Indexes Be Assembled and -- What Would It Cost?, 232 -- Suggested Research and Testing, 235 -- Plutocratic Versus Democratic Weights, 237 -- Summary and Recommendation, 240 -- Technical Note 1: Aggregation and the "Representative Consumer," 241 -- Technical Note 2: Do Inflation Rates Differ by Age -- or Income Group?, 246 -- 9 DATA COLLECTION FOR CPI CONSTRUCTION 252 -- The Current Data Collection Process, 253 -- Alternative Data Collection Approaches, 264 -- Summary and Recommendations, 274 -- Technical Note: Additional Description of CPI Data Inputs, 276 -- APPENDIX: STATISTICAL DEFINITION AND -- ESTIMATION OF PRICE INDEXES 283 -- REFERENCES 293 -- GLOSSARY 307 -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF 315 -- INDEX 319. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780010903321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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At what price? [[electronic resource] ] : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes / / Panel on Conceptual, Measurement, and Other Statistical Issues in Developing Cost-of-Living Indexes ; Charles L. Schultze and Christopher Mackie, editors
| At what price? [[electronic resource] ] : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes / / Panel on Conceptual, Measurement, and Other Statistical Issues in Developing Cost-of-Living Indexes ; Charles L. Schultze and Christopher Mackie, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiii, 332 p |
| Disciplina | 338.5/28/0973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchultzeCharles L
MackieChristopher D |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Cost and standard of living - United States - Statistical methods Prices - United States - Statistical methods Economic indicators - United States Index numbers (Economics) |
| ISBN |
0-309-17079-6
1-280-18469-8 9786610184699 0-309-51217-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- A COGI Versus a COLI, 2 -- The Scope or Domain of the Index, 3 -- Aggregation, 4 -- Accounting for Substitution Behavior, 5 -- Quality Change, 6 -- New Goods, 7 -- Outlets, 8 -- Pricing Medical Care, 9 -- Index Design and Index Purpose, 10 -- Data Collection, 11 -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Background, 13 -- Panel Charge and Report Organization, 17 -- Alternative Approaches: A COGI Versus a COLI, 18 -- Domain of the CPI, 19 -- Substitution, 21 -- Aggregation, 26 -- Changes in the Quality of Goods, 27 -- New Goods, 30 -- Outlet Substitution, 32 -- Stocks and Flows, 33 -- Index Purpose and Design, 35 -- Data Collection, 36 -- 2 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS FOR PRICE AND -- COST-OF-LIVING INDEXES 38 -- Setting the Stage: What Are Price Indexes?, 41 -- The Theory of Price Indexes and Its Critics, 43 -- Two Perspectives, 57 -- Conclusions, 73 -- Technical Note: A Mathematical Approach to Price Indexes, 74 -- 3 INDEX DOMAIN 94 -- An Unconditional COLI: Conceptual Issues, 96 -- Measurement Problems, 98 -- Supplemental Indexes and Satellite Accounts, 101 -- Other Domain Issues, 102 -- Conclusion and Recommendation, 105 -- 4 EVOLVING MARKET BASKETS: ADJUSTING INDEXES -- TO ACCOUNT FOR QUALITY CHANGE 106 -- COLI and COGI Views of the Quality Change Problem, 109 -- Evidence from the Boskin Commission Report, 112 -- BLS Approaches to Quality Changes, 114 -- Hedonic Regression Methods, 122 -- Cautions and Recommendations, 140 -- Technical Note 1: Boskin Commission Estimates of -- Quality Change and New Goods Bias, 146 -- Technical Note 2: Mathematical Description of Hedonic Methods, 149 -- 5 NEW GOODS AND NEW OUTLETS 155 -- New Goods, 155 -- New Outlets, 167 -- 6 THE SPECIAL CASE OF MEDICAL SERVICES 178 -- Background, 178 -- Conceptual and Measurement Issues, 181 -- The Domain of Consumer Health Expenditures: -- Employers' Health Insurance Payments, 185 -- Direct Pricing of Health Insurance, 186 -- Recommendations, 188 -- 7 INDEX DESIGN AND INDEX PURPOSE 191 -- Indexing Public Transfer Payments, 192 -- Wage Bargains and Indexed Wages, 207 -- Indexing Private Contracts, 208 -- Inflation-Indexed Treasury Securities, 210 -- Indexing the Federal Income Tax System, 212 -- Measuring Output Changes, 214 -- Inflation Indicators for Macroeconomic Policy, 216 -- Technical Note: The CPI Versus the NIPA Price Index -- as an Inflation Measure, 219 -- 8 WHOSE INDEX? AGGREGATING ACROSS HOUSEHOLDS 222 -- Two Kinds of Heterogeneity, 223 -- Heterogeneity in Prices Paid and in Rates of Inflation, 225 -- The Consequences of Heterogeneity for Index Construction, 226 -- Group Indexes: Why the Current Data Collection System -- Cannot Produce Them, 226 -- A Price Index for the Elderly?, 228 -- The Conceptual Basis for Group Indexes, 229 -- How Might Data for Subgroup Indexes Be Assembled and -- What Would It Cost?, 232 -- Suggested Research and Testing, 235 -- Plutocratic Versus Democratic Weights, 237 -- Summary and Recommendation, 240 -- Technical Note 1: Aggregation and the "Representative Consumer," 241 -- Technical Note 2: Do Inflation Rates Differ by Age -- or Income Group?, 246 -- 9 DATA COLLECTION FOR CPI CONSTRUCTION 252 -- The Current Data Collection Process, 253 -- Alternative Data Collection Approaches, 264 -- Summary and Recommendations, 274 -- Technical Note: Additional Description of CPI Data Inputs, 276 -- APPENDIX: STATISTICAL DEFINITION AND -- ESTIMATION OF PRICE INDEXES 283 -- REFERENCES 293 -- GLOSSARY 307 -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF 315 -- INDEX 319. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826237703321 |
| Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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BLS handbook of methods
| BLS handbook of methods |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, , 1982- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
| Collana | Bulletin |
| Soggetto topico |
Working class - United States
Industrial statistics Consumer price indexes - United States Industrial statistics - United States Consumer price indexes Working class |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Statistics. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Handbook of methods
Bureau of Labor Statistics handbook of methods |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910712262703321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, , 1982- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The chained consumer price index : what is it and would it be appropriate for cost-of-living adjustments? / / Julie M. Whittaker
| The chained consumer price index : what is it and would it be appropriate for cost-of-living adjustments? / / Julie M. Whittaker |
| Autore | Whittaker Julie M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Congressional Research Service, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (16 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.5280973 |
| Collana | CRS report for Congress |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Cost and standard of living - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910714475703321 |
Whittaker Julie M.
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : Congressional Research Service, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The consumer price index: technical notes, 1959-63
| The consumer price index: technical notes, 1959-63 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, , [1967] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (v, 84 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.42 |
| Collana | Bulletin |
| Soggetto topico | Consumer price indexes - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Consumer Price Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910714019303321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, , [1967] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Consumers' prices in the United States
| Consumers' prices in the United States |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
| Collana | Bulletin |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Prices - United States Cost and standard of living - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Consumer prices in the United States |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910712083303321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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CPI detailed report
| CPI detailed report |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/2/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Prices - United States Consumer price indexes Prices |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. |
| ISSN | 1948-4062 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Consumer price index detailed report |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140849703321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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CPI detailed report
| CPI detailed report |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (volumes) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/2/0973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumer price indexes - United States
Prices - United States Consumer price indexes Prices |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodicals.
Statistics. |
| ISSN | 1948-4062 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Consumer price index detailed report |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996211355803316 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Does quality adjustment matter for technologically stable products? : an application to the CPI for food / / John S. Greenlees, Robert McClelland
| Does quality adjustment matter for technologically stable products? : an application to the CPI for food / / John S. Greenlees, Robert McClelland |
| Autore | Greenlees John Shearer |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (26 pages) : color illustration |
| Collana | BLS working papers |
| Soggetto topico |
Food prices - United States - Econometric models
Food - Quality - United States Consumer price indexes - United States |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Does quality adjustment matter for technologically stable products? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713492203321 |
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Greenlees John Shearer
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| [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Prices and Living Conditions, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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