The Theory of the Cost-of-Living Index

by Die Kohlhofers

Overview

This volume presents twelve papers-four previously unpublished-that explore the theory of the cost-of-living index, and demonstrate the ways that the theory, when suitably elaborated, provides principled answers to many of the practical problems that arise in constructing indexes of consumer prices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195058703
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	09/28/1989
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.56(h) x 0.84(d)

Table of Contents

1.	The Theory of the Cost-of-Living Index	3
2.	Subindexes of the Cost-of-Living Index	53
3.	The Intertemporal Cost-of-Living Index	70
4.	Welfare Evaluation and the Cost-of-Living Index in the Household Production Model	90
5.	Welfare Comparisons and Equivalence Scales	111
6.	Group Cost-of-Living Indexes	119
7.	The Social Cost-of-Living Index	128
8.	The Treatment of "Quality" in the Cost-of-Living Index	153
9.	The Treatment of the Environment in the Cost-of-Living Index	181
10.	Consumer Durables in a Cost-of-Living Index	186
11.	Mortgage Interest Rates in the CPI	190
12.	The Treatment of Taxes in the Consumer Price Index	193
	Index	201