Measuring regional cost of living

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-136

  Koo, Jahyeong ^a   Phillips, Keith R ^a   Sigalla, Fiona D ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ACCRA index; Characteristicity; Cost of living index; CPI data; Transitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040954823     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2000.10524853     Document Type: Article

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