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Overview"Every time you buy a can of tuna or a new television, its bar code is scanned to record its price and other information. These ""scanner data"" offer a number of attractive features for economists and statisticians, because they are collected continuously, are available quickly, and record prices for all items sold, not just a statistical sample. But scanner data also present a number of difficulties for current statistical systems. Scanner Data and Price Indexes assesses both the promise and the challenges of using scanner data to produce economic statistics. Three papers present the results of work in progress at statistical agencies in the U.S., United Kingdom, and Canada, including a project at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to investigate the feasibility of incorporating scanner data into the monthly Consumer Price Index. Other papers demonstrate the enormous potential of using scanner data to test economic theories and estimate the parameters of economic models, and provide solutions for some of the problems that arise when using scanner data, such as dealing with missing data." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert C. Feenstra , Matthew D. ShapiroPublisher: The University of Chicago Press Imprint: University of Chicago Press Dimensions: Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.30cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780226239651ISBN 10: 0226239659 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 01 February 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRobert C. Feenstra is professor of economics at the University of California, Davis, and director of the program in international trade and investment at the NBER. Matthew D. Shapiro is professor of economics at the University of Michigan and a research associate of the NBER. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |