The retail price index and the cost-of-living index: Testing for consistency in theory and practice

被引：2
作者：
Crawford, I [1 ]
Image, I
机构：
[1] Inst Fiscal Studies, London, England
[2] Off Natl Stat, London, England
来源：
FISCAL STUDIES | 2004年 / 25卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1111/j.1475-5890.2004.tb00097.x
中图分类号：
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号：
0202 ;
摘要：
This paper tests the published section-level price and weight data used in the compilation of the UK retail price index (RPI) for consistency with the theory of the cost-of-living index. We use a non-parametric test of theoretical consistency and bootstrap statistical methods to estimate the probability of consistency.
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