Scanner Data & Price Indexes: Volume 64 (National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth) - Hardcover

Feenstra, Robert C; Shapiro, Matthew D

 
9780226239651: Scanner Data & Price Indexes: Volume 64 (National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth)
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ISBN 10: 0226239659 ISBN 13: 9780226239651
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2003

Synopsis

The data from bar-code scanners offers 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 presents 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 US, UK 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.

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About the Author

Robert C. Feenstra is professor of economics at the University of California, Davis, and director of the program in international trade and investment at the NBER. Matthew D. Shapiro is professor of economics at the University of Michigan and a research associate of the NBER.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226239659
ISBN 13 
9780226239651
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
368

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