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The Price Statistics of the Federal Goverment
Price Statistics Review Committee
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Published Date
January 1961
Copyright
1961
ISBN
0-87014-072-8
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Table of Contents
Front matter to "The Price Statistics of the Federal Goverment"
Author(s):
(p. 9-20)
Summary
Author(s):
(p. 21-22)
Introduction
Author(s):
(p. 23-24)
General Problems in the Price Index Program of the Federal Government
Author(s):
(p. 25-30)
Problems Common to the Indexes
Author(s):
(p. 31-50)
The Consumer Price Index
Author(s):
(p. 51-60)
The Wholesale Price Index
Author(s):
(p. 61-72)
The Indexes of Prices Paid and Received by Farmers
Author(s):
(p. 73-78)
Appendix A: Export and Import Price Indexes
Author(s):
(p. 79-86)
Appendix B: Construction Price Indexes
Author(s):
(p. 87-94)
Appendix C: Prices of Tangible Assets
Author(s):
(p. 95-102)
Chapter 1:
An Index of Motor Freight Rates
Author(s):
Walter Y. Oi
(p. 103-136)
Chapter 2:
Alternative Retail Price Indexes for Selected Nondurable Goods, 1947-59
Author(s):
Albert Rees
(p. 137-172)
Chapter 3:
Hedonic Price Indexes for Automobiles: An Econometric of Quality Change
Author(s):
Zvi Griliches
(p. 173-196)
Chapter 4:
Sampling Considerations in the Construction of Price Indexes with Particular Reference to the United States Consumer Price Index
Author(s):
Philip J. McCarthy
(p. 197-232)
Chapter 5:
Index Numbers and the Seasonality of Quantities and Prices
Author(s):
Victor Zarnowitz
(p. 233-304)
Chapter 6:
Consumer Durables in an Index of Consumer Prices
Author(s):
Peter O. Steiner
(p. 305-336)
Chapter 7:
Cost of Living Indexes for Special Classes of Consumers
Author(s):
Eleanor M. Page Snyder
(p. 337-372)
Chapter 8:
Statistical Factors Affecting the Stability of the Wholesale and Consumers' Price Indexes
Author(s):
Harry E. McAllister
(p. 373-418)
Chapter 9:
A Study in Validity: BLS Wholesale Price Quotations
Author(s):
John Flueck
(p. 419-458)
Chapter 10:
Appraisal of Alternative Concepts and Measures of Agricultural Parity Prices and Incomes
Author(s):
Geoffrey Shepherd
(p. 459-502)
Chapter 11:
Unit Value Pricing of Prices Received by Farmers
Author(s):
Earl Swanson
(p. 503-516)
Chapter 12:
The Measurement and Economic Implications of the Inclusion of Indirect Taxes in the Consumers' Price Index
Author(s):
Reuben A. Kessel
(p. 517-526)
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