Decomposing the changes of the Divisia price index: application to inflation in the Philippines

Tomoki Fujii

Economics Bulletin, 2013, vol. 33, issue 1, 545-556

Abstract: We decompose the logarithmic change in the Divisia price index into the pure price, substitution, and preference effects, although the latter two effects are hard to distinguish in practice. This decomposition allows us to identify the incidence and contributing factors of inflation. In the Philippines, we find that the preference effect is much smaller than the pure price effect in all provinces. We also find that rich deciles have experienced a higher inflation than poor deciles between 1988 and 2006. However, the gap in the standards of living has actually widened because poor deciles lagged behind in consumption growth.

Keywords: Divisia price index; preference change; decomposition; Philippines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-03-04
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Working Paper: Decomposing the Changes of the Divisia Price Index: Application to Inflation in the Philippines (2011)
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