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A nonparametric bound on substitution bias in the UK Retail Prices Index
This paper uses revealed preference restrictions and nonparametric statistical methods to bound true cost-of-living indices. These are compared to the popular price indices including the type used to calculated the UK RPI. This is used to assess the method of calculating the RPI for substitution bias.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IFS Working Papers ; No. W99/15
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators
Consumer Economics: Theory
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Blow, Laura
Crawford, Ian
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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London
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1999
- DOI
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doi:10.1920/wp.ifs.1999.9915
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- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Blow, Laura
- Crawford, Ian
- Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Time of origin
- 1999