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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Главный автор: Armknecht Jr., Paul
Другие авторы: Maitland-Smith, Fenella
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/078
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF