Do Unit Value Export, Import, and Terms of Trade Indices Represent or Misrepresent Price Indices? /

Unit value export and import indices compiled from returns to customs authorities are often used as surrogates for price indices in the measurement of inflation transmission, terms of trade (effects), and to deflate import and export value series to derive volume series. Their widespread use is main...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silver, Mick
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/121
Online Access:Full text available on IMF

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