Should the cost-of-living index provide the conceptual framework for a consumer price index?

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 472, 2001, Pages 311-334

  Triplett, Jack E ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0242444430     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00633     Document Type: Article

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