Using local expert knowledge to measure prices: Evidence from a survey experiment in Vietnam
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Keywords
Expert knowledge; Inequality; Prices; Regional Cost-of-Living; Surveys; Vietnam;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2019-03-11 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-DEV-2019-03-11 (Development)
- NEP-SEA-2019-03-11 (South East Asia)
- NEP-TRA-2019-03-11 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2019-03-11 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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