The Theory of the Cost-Of-Living Index

Erscheinungsjahr 1989
ISBN: 978-0-19-505870-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 515 g

This is a collection of papers by leading theorist Robert A Pollak - four of them previously unpublished - exploring the theory of the cost of living index. The unifying theme of these papers is that, when suitably elaborated, the theory of the cost of living index provides principled answers to many of the practical problems that arise in constructing consumer price indexes.

In addition to Pollak's classic paper The Theory of the Cost of Living Index, the volume includes papers on subindexes, the intertemporal cost of living index, welfare comparisons and equivalence scales, the social cost of living index, the treatment of `quality', and consumer durables in the cost of living index.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pollak, Robert A.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftsstatistik, Demographie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Ökonometrie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The theory of the cost of living index; Subindexes of the cost of living index; The intertemporal cost of living index; Welfare evaluation and the cost of living index in the household production model; Welfare comparisons and equivalence scales; Group cost of living indexes; The social cost of living index; The treatment of "Quality" in the cost of living index; The treatment of the environment in the cost of living index; Consumer durables in a cost of
living index; Mortgage interest rates in the CPI; The treatment of taxes in the consumer price index

Über Autor(innen)

OUP/USA adviser in economics