Price indexes in time and space : methods and practice / Luigi Biggeri, Guido Ferrari, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biggeri, Luigi.

Ferrari, Guido, 1940 June 8-

Series:

Contributions to statistics

Contributions to statistics, 1431-1968

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer price indexes.

Purchasing power parity.

Index numbers (Economics).

Economics--Statistical methods.

Economics.

Cost and standard of living.

Inflation (Finance).

Physical Description:

xii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Physica Verlag, [2010]

Summary:

This book deals with the currently most relevant topics in price index numbers theory and practice. The problem of the harmonization of Consumer Price Indexes (CPIs) and the time-space integration of baskets is analyzed at the EU-zone level, with methodological and practical proposals on how to proceed for an overall treatment of the matter. Another issue is comparisons between Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) and CPIs. Likewise, the construction of sub-indexes for households, economic and social groups is investigated, in order to obtain specific inflation measurement instruments. The book provides evidence from the most updated databases. Among the other issues treated in this book are spatial comparisons of price levels through PPPs and the international comparisons of macroeconomic aggregates, a re-consideration of index numbers theory, the measurement of production in non-market services, deflation problems, and price indexes in financial markets.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783790821390

379082139X

OCLC:

464600324