Scanner Data and Price Indexes: Volume 64

by Robert C. Feenstra

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226239659
• ISBN13: 9780226239651
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"