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Measurement errors and quality-adjustment methodology: lessons from the Japanese CPI

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Shigenori Shiratsuka

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This article examines the problems inherent in quality changes/new goods bias in the Consumer Price Index, using the Japanese case as an example. The author proposes a practical way to improve the accuracy of quality adjustments by introducing the hedonic approach to the conventional procedure.

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Article provided by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in its journal Economic Perspectives.

Volume (Year): (1999)
Issue (Month): Q II ()
Pages: 2-13
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Keywords: Consumer price indexes

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