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Testing the RPI data for consistency with the theory of the cost-of-living index

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  • Ian Crawford

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies and Nuffield College, Oxford)

  • Isabella Image

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

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This paper tests the published section level price and weight dataused in the compilation of the UK Retail Prices Index for consistencywith the theory of the cost-of-living index. We use a nonparametric testof theoretical consistency and bootstrap statistical methods to estimatethe probability of consistency.

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  • Ian Crawford & Isabella Image, 2002. "Testing the RPI data for consistency with the theory of the cost-of-living index," IFS Working Papers W02/19, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:ifs:ifsewp:02/19
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