The cost of living with the RPI: Substitution bias in the UK Retail Prices Index

Economic Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 472, 2001, Pages 357-382

  Blow, Laura ^a   Crawford, Ian ^a  

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EID: 1242287229     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00635     Document Type: Article

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