Studies on the Comparability of Consumer Price Indices

Jörgen Dalén

International Statistical Review, 1998, vol. 66, issue 1, 83-113

Abstract: Comparability of statistical data between countries is a major objective for international statistical organisations such as EUROSTAT. The convergence criteria set down in the Maastricht Treaty explicitly require comparable consumer price indices in the European Union. We present an empirical analysis, largely based on simulations with Swedish and Finnish CPI data, of various potential sources of non‐comparability, conceptual as well as technical ones. La comparabilité des données statistiques, entre pays, est un objectif majeur des organismes statistques internationaux tels qu 'EUROSTAT. ainsi, les critères de convergence posé par de masstricht exigent‐ils des indices de prix à la consommation comparables dans l'union Européenne. Nous présentons ici une analyse empirique, à partir de simulations sur les indices prix suédois et finlandais surtout, de diverses sources possibles de non‐comparabilité, tant conceptuelle que technique.

Date: 1998
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