prices {dfvad}

Sample Data for Price Indexes

Description

Prices, quantities, identities and time periods adopted to demonstrate the computation of price indexes.

Usage

prices

Format

A list of data frames with the following columns:

t

A time period column.

id

An identity column.

p

A price column.

q

A quantity column.

These data frames are produced with different elasticities that can be specified by the sub-list names.

References

Diewert, W.E., and Fox, K. J. 2018. Substitution bias in multilateral methods for CPI construction using scanner data. Discussion Papers 2018-13, School of Economics, the University of New South Wales.