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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主要作者: Armknecht Jr., Paul
其他作者: Maitland-Smith, Fenella
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1999/078
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF