Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5060325 Economics Letters 2013 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
► First empirical application of dissimilarity indexes to chaining decision. ► Use supermarket scanner data for price index construction. ► Results challenge the CPI Manual recommendation to use dissimilarity indexes. ► Inappropriate recommendations potentially lead to extreme biases.
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Can dissimilarity indexes resolve the issue of when to chain price indexes?
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