Hedonic Imputation versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes /

Statistical offices try to match item models when measuring inflation between two periods. However, for product areas with a high turnover of differentiated models, the use of hedonic indexes is more appropriate since they include unmatched new and old models. There are two main competing approaches...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diewert, W. E.
Other Authors: Heravi, Saeed, Silver, Mick
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/234
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