Price discounts and the measurement of inflation

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2015.12.010zbMath1422.91583OpenAlexW3125652777MaRDI QIDQ5964710

Kevin J. Fox, Iqbal A. Syed

Publication date: 1 March 2016

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://research.economics.unsw.edu.au/RePEc/papers/2014-05.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

cost-of-livingCPIregular pricesretail salesRYCCDRYGEKSscanner data

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Economic time series analysis (91B84) Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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