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Scanner data and price indexes / edited by Robert C. Feenstra and Matthew D. Shapiro.
LIBRA HC106.3 .C714 v.64
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in income and wealth ; v. 64.
- Studies in income and wealth ; v. 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumer price indexes--Data processing.
- Consumer price indexes.
- Consumer price indexes--Methodology.
- Price indexes--Data processing.
- Price indexes.
- Price indexes--Methodology.
- Prices--Data processing.
- Prices.
- Prices--Statistical methods.
- Point-of-sale systems.
- Scanning systems.
- Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- The data from bar-code scanners offer 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 present 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 U.S., U. K., 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0226239659
- 0226239667
- OCLC:
- 50006636
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