Price Imputation and Other Techniques for Dealing with Missing Observations, Seasonality and Quality Change in Price Indices /

Price index compilers frequently face situations where price observations are missing due to seasonal unavailability, supply shortages, or the discontinuation of products. Incorrect treatment of such situations can result in biased price indices. This paper presents statistical imputation techniques...

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Prif Awdur: Armknecht Jr., Paul
Awduron Eraill: Maitland-Smith, Fenella
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/078
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF