 | How to Better Measure Hedonic Residential Property Price Indexes Author/Editor: Mick Silver. Release Date:November, 2016 Hedonic regressions are used for property price index measurement to control for changes in the quality-mix of properties transacted. The paper consolidates the hedonic time dummy approach, more...
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| Commercial Property Price Indexes: Problems of Sparse Data, Spatial Spillovers, and Weighting Author/Editor: Mick Silver, Brian Graf. Release Date:May, 2014 Transaction-price residential (house) and commercial property price indexes (RPPIs and CPPIs) have inherent problems of sparse data on heterogeneous properties, more so CPPIs. In an attempt to more...
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 | Why House Price Indexes Differ: Measurement and Analysis Author/Editor: Mick Silver. Release Date:May, 2012 A key element in the build-up to the global recession and subsequently was the movement in house price indexes (HPIs). These indexes are particularly prone to methodological and coverage differences more...
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| Post-Laspeyres: The Case for a New Formula for Compiling Consumer Price Indexes Author/Editor: Paul A. Armknecht, Mick Silver. Release Date:April, 2012 Consumer price indexes (CPIs) are compiled at the higher (weighted) level using Laspeyres-type arithmetic averages. This paper questions the suitability of such formulas and considers two counterpart more...
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| IMF Applications of Purchasing Power Parity Estimates Author/Editor: Mick Silver. Release Date:November, 2010 The IMF’s main uses of the International Comparison Program’s (ICP) estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are as an element of the formula used to help more...
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| The Hedonic Country Product Dummy Method and Quality Adjustments for Purchasing Power Parity Calculations Author/Editor: Mick Silver. Release Date:December, 2009 The 2005 International Comparison Program's (ICP) estimates of economy-wide purchasing power parity (PPP) are based on parity estimates for 155 basic expenditure headings, mainly estimated using more...
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| An Index Number Formula Problem : The Aggregation of Broadly Comparable items Author/Editor: Mick Silver. Release Date:January, 2009 Index number theory informs us that if data on matched prices and quantities are available, a superlative index number formula is best to aggregate heterogeneous items, and a unit value index to more...
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| Hedonic Imputation versus Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes Author/Editor: W E Diewert, Mick Silver, Saeed Heravi. Release Date:October, 2007 Statistical offices try to match item models when measuring inflation between two periods. However, for product areas with a high turnover of differentiated models, the use of hedonic indexes is more more...
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| Do Unit Value Export, Import, and Terms of Trade Indices Represent or Misrepresent Price Indices? Author/Editor: Mick Silver. Release Date:May, 2007 Unit value export and import indices compiled from returns to customs authorities are often used as surrogates for price indices in the measurement of inflation transmission, terms of trade more...
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| Why Elementary Price Index Number Formulas Differ : Price Dispersion and Product Heterogeneity Author/Editor: Mick Silver, Saeed Heravi. Release Date:July, 2006 The Consumer Price Index Manual (2004) provides guidelines for aggregation formulas that are promulgated at IMF training courses and technical assistance missions. This paper develops elementary more...
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