Should the Cost-of-Leaving Index Provide the Conceptual Framework for a Consumer Price Index?

J.E. Triplett

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Abstract: Does a consumer price index (CPI) need an underlying conceptual framework? If so, should it be the theory of the cost-of-living (COL) index?

Keywords: INDICES; CONSUMPTION; METHODOOGY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C40 C43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 1999
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