An evaluation of the use of hedonic regressions for basic components of consumer price indices

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-56

  Silver, Mick ^a  

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EID: 0002245973     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1999.tb00311.x     Document Type: Article

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