Formula bias and within-stratum substitution bias in the U.S. CPI

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-186

  Reinsdorf, Marshall B ^a  

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EID: 0032262368     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465398557375     Document Type: Article

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