Can Dissimilarity Indexes Resolve the Issue of When to Chain Price Indexes?

Lorraine Ivancic () and Kevin Fox
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Lorraine Ivancic: School of Economics, The University of New South Wales

No 2010-16, Discussion Papers from School of Economics, The University of New South Wales

Abstract: Chaining is used in index number construction to update weights and link new items into an index. However, chained indexes can suffer from, sometimes substantial, drift. The Consumer Price Index Manual (ILO, 2004) recommends the use of dissimilarity indexes to determine when chaining is appropriate. This study provides the first empirical application of dissimilarity indexes in this context. We find that dissimilarity indexes do not appear to be sufficient to resolve the issue of when to chain.

Keywords: Index numbers; price indexes; chain drift; dissimilarity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 E31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2010-10
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