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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Autor Principal: Armknecht Jr., Paul
Outros autores: Maitland-Smith, Fenella
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/078
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF