Price Indexes in Time and Space: Methods and Practice

. Ed(s): Ferrari, Guido; Biggeri, Luigi

ISBN 10: 379082139X / ISBN 13: 9783790821390

Published by Physica, 2009

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Deals with many of the most relevant topics in price index numbers theory and practice. This title analyses the problem of the harmonization of CPIs and the time-space integration of baskets at the Eu-zone level, with methodological and actual proposals on how to proceed for an overall treatment of the matte. Editor(s): Ferrari, Guido; Biggeri, Luigi. Series: Contributions to Statistics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 42 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550. . 2009. 2010th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Price Indexes in Time and Space: Methods and Practice
• Publisher: Physica
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 379082139X
• ISBN 13: 9783790821390
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

? In his "Prime ricerche sulla rivoluzione dei prezzi in Firenze" (1939), Giuseppe Parenti, by Fernand Braudel regarded as an author who "se classait, d'entrée de jeu et sans discussion possible, à la hauteur même d'Earl Jefferson Hamilton. . . . " begins his opening lines with a description/de?nition of the price revolution which took place in the XVI in Europe as "that extraordinary enhancement of all things that occurred in European countries around the second half of the XVI; revolution in the true meaning of the word, as not only, like any strong price increase, it modi?ed the wealth distribution process and changed the relative position of the various social categories and of the different functions of the economic activity, but affected too, in a way that was not enough studied yet, the relative evolution of the various national economies, and ?nally, . . . . . . . . . ., certainly contributed to the birth, or at least to the dissemination, of the new naturalistic economic ideas, from which the economic science would have sprung". De?nition that can be taken as the founding metaphor of this volume.

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This book deals with the currently most relevant topics in price index numbers theory and practice. The problem of the harmonization of Consumer Price Indexes (CPIs) and the time-space integration of baskets is analyzed at the EU-zone level, with methodological and practical proposals on how to proceed for an overall treatment of the matter. Another issue is comparisons between Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) and CPIs. Likewise, the construction of sub-indexes for households, economic and social groups is investigated, in order to obtain specific inflation measurement instruments. The book provides evidence from the most updated databases. Among the other issues treated in this book are spatial comparisons of price levels through PPPs and the international comparisons of macroeconomic aggregates, a re-consideration of index numbers theory, the measurement of production in non-market services, deflation problems, and price indexes in financial markets.