Price Measurements and Their Uses
397 pages
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25 figures, 78 tables
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6 x 9
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© 1993
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Table of Contents
Contents
Prefatory Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Murray F. Foss
Marilyn E. Manser
Allan H. Young
I. High-Tech Products: Computers
1. Constant-Quality Price Change, Depreciation, And Retirement Of Mainframe Computers
Stephen D. Oliner
2. Price Indexes For Microcomputers: An Exploratory Study
Ernst R. Berndt
Zvi Griliches
Comment (On 1 & 2): Rosanne Cole
II. High-Tech Products: Semiconductors
3. Sources Of Price Decline In Computer Processors: Selected Electronic Components
Ellen R. Dulberger
4. Cost Function Estimation Of Quality Change In Semiconductors
John R. Norsworthy
Show-Ling Jang
5. Measurement Of Dram Prices: Technology And Market Structure
Kenneth Flamm
Comment ( On 3, 4, & 5): Jack E. Triplett
III. Quality-Change Issues In Consumer Prices
6. Adjusting Apparel Indexes In The Cpi For Quality Differences
Paul R. Liegey Jr.
7. The Effect Of Outlet Price Differentials On The U.S. Consumer Price Index
Marshall Reinsdorf
Comment (On 6 & 7): Joel Popkin
IV. Transaction Prices
8. The Problem Of List Prices In The Producer Price Index: The Steel Mill Products Case
Thomas Betsock
Irwin B. Gerduk
9. Does Government Regulation Inhibit The Reporting Of Transactions Prices By Business?
Murray F. Foss
Comment (On 8 & 9): Robert W. Crandall
V. Price Indexes For Defense And International Trade
10. The Deflation Of Military Aircraft
Richard C. Ziemer
Pamela A. Kelly
Comment: Arthur J. Alexander
VI. Implications Of Bea’s Treatment Of Computer Prices For Productivity Measurement
11. Panel Discussion: Implications Of Bea’s Treatment Of Computer Prices And Productivity Measurement
Chair: Frank De Leeuw
Statements: Edward F. Denison, Zvi Griliches, Charles R. Hulten, And Thomas K. Rymes
Comments: Arthur J. Alexander, Edwin R. Dean, René Durand, And Michael Harper
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Murray F. Foss
Marilyn E. Manser
Allan H. Young
I. High-Tech Products: Computers
1. Constant-Quality Price Change, Depreciation, And Retirement Of Mainframe Computers
Stephen D. Oliner
2. Price Indexes For Microcomputers: An Exploratory Study
Ernst R. Berndt
Zvi Griliches
Comment (On 1 & 2): Rosanne Cole
II. High-Tech Products: Semiconductors
3. Sources Of Price Decline In Computer Processors: Selected Electronic Components
Ellen R. Dulberger
4. Cost Function Estimation Of Quality Change In Semiconductors
John R. Norsworthy
Show-Ling Jang
5. Measurement Of Dram Prices: Technology And Market Structure
Kenneth Flamm
Comment ( On 3, 4, & 5): Jack E. Triplett
III. Quality-Change Issues In Consumer Prices
6. Adjusting Apparel Indexes In The Cpi For Quality Differences
Paul R. Liegey Jr.
7. The Effect Of Outlet Price Differentials On The U.S. Consumer Price Index
Marshall Reinsdorf
Comment (On 6 & 7): Joel Popkin
IV. Transaction Prices
8. The Problem Of List Prices In The Producer Price Index: The Steel Mill Products Case
Thomas Betsock
Irwin B. Gerduk
9. Does Government Regulation Inhibit The Reporting Of Transactions Prices By Business?
Murray F. Foss
Comment (On 8 & 9): Robert W. Crandall
V. Price Indexes For Defense And International Trade
10. The Deflation Of Military Aircraft
Richard C. Ziemer
Pamela A. Kelly
Comment: Arthur J. Alexander
VI. Implications Of Bea’s Treatment Of Computer Prices For Productivity Measurement
11. Panel Discussion: Implications Of Bea’s Treatment Of Computer Prices And Productivity Measurement
Chair: Frank De Leeuw
Statements: Edward F. Denison, Zvi Griliches, Charles R. Hulten, And Thomas K. Rymes
Comments: Arthur J. Alexander, Edwin R. Dean, René Durand, And Michael Harper
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