Browsing by Subject "Price indexes"

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Constructing a ready-to-eat cereal price index : should the nature of retail outlets matter?

Mariuzzo, Franco ; Walsh, Patrick P. ; Whelan, Ciara ; Zhang, Jing (Irish Economic Association, 2008-04)
Owner-occupied housing costs and bias in the Irish Consumer Price Index

McCarthy, Colm (University College Dublin; School of Economics, 2007-06)

The treatment of owner-occupied housing costs is a recurring problem in the construction of consumer price indices, and there are competing methodologies. In the most widely-used Irish index, the Payments Approach, which ...
Theoretical foundations of the "Geary method" for international comparisons of purchasing power and real incomes

Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1996-01-18)

This paper provides a centenary review of the method of calculating real incomes and purchasing power parities proposed by Roy Geary. This method is the most widely used in major international comparisons, but it is often ...