Scanner Data and Price Indexes

Name: Scanner Data and Price Indexes
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ISBN: 9780226239668

ISBN-10: 0226239667

ISBN-13: 9780226239668

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert C. Feenstra, Matthew D. Shapiro

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Every time you buy a can of tuna or a new television, its bar code is scanned to record its price and other information. These "scanner data" 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 statistical sample. But scanner data also present a number of difficulties for current statistical systems. Scanner Data and Price Indexes 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., United Kingdom, and Canada, including a…

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List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Pages: 393
Language: English

Robert C. Feenstra is professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis, where he also holds the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics. He is director of the International Trade and Investment Program of the NBER.



Prefatory Note


Introduction




Scanner Data in Official Statistics: Advancing the State of the Art



Using Scanner Data to Improve the Quality of Measurement in the Consumer Price Index




Scanner Indexes for the Consumer Price Index




Price Collection and Quality Assurance of Item Sampling in the Retail Prices Index: How Can Scanner Data Help?




Estimating Price Movements for Consumer Durables Using Electronic Retail Transactions Data



Roundtable Discussion




Aggregation across Time



High-Frequency Substitution and the Measurement of Price Indexes



Comment




Using Scanner Data in Consumer Price Indexes: Some Neglected Conceptual Considerations




Using Price Data to Study Market Structure



What Can the Price Gap between Branded and Private-Label Products Tell Us about Markups?



Comment




The Long Shadow of Patent Expiration: Generic Entry and Rx-to-OTC Switches



Comment




Measuring Change in Quality and Imputing Missing Observations



The Measurement of Quality-Adjusted Price Changes




Hedonic Regressions: A Consumer Theory Approach




Price Index Estimation Using Price Imputation for Unsold Items



Comment



Contributors


Author Index


Subject Index