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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Ian Crawford and Isabella Image ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, February 2004
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 79-91
JEL classification: C4, D12
This paper tests the published section-level price and weight data used in the compilation of the UK retail price index (RPI) for consistency with the theory of the cost-of-living index. We use a non-parametric test of theoretical consistency and bootstrap statistical methods to estimate the probability of consistency. Search |

