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Estimating Sampling Errors in Consumer Price Indices
International Statistical Review, Volume 89, Issue 3, Page 481-504, December 2021., 2021 Summary Several different approaches have been proposed for the calculation of sampling errors in consumer price indices (CPIs), but only one is in regular use providing published estimates. The history of the development of sampling error estimation for CPIs is reviewed, and the development in the USA (where most research has taken place) is ...
Paul A. Smith
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Product Quality and International Price Dynamics over the Business Cycle
Economica, Volume 88, Issue 352, Page 1054-1074, October 2021., 2021 Two puzzling facts of international real business cycles are (1) weak or negative correlations between the terms of trade and output, and (2) a rise in relative consumption for countries where national goods become relatively more expensive. We show that these puzzles either vanish or become much weaker in recent data.
Marta Arespa, Diego Gruber
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The economic arguments for and against a wealth tax
Fiscal Studies, Volume 42, Issue 3-4, Page 457-483, September-December 2021., 2021 Abstract This paper asks when a wealth tax would, in principle, be a desirable part of the tax system, setting aside the practicalities and politics that would be crucial in reality. The case for a one‐off wealth tax is simple. If it were unexpected and credibly one‐off – a major challenge in practice – this would be an efficient way to raise revenue ...
Stuart Adam, Helen Miller
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Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 226-233, June 2021., 2021 Abstract Background Consensus on evidence‐based practice (EBP) competencies and associated learning outcomes for registered nurses has not yet been achieved in the European context. Aims To establish a set of core EBP competencies for nurses and the most important EBP learning outcomes encompassing attitudes, knowledge, and skills dimensions for ...
Jakub Dolezel +12 more
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Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 8-16, Fall 2020., 2020 Economists have long recognized that widely reported and followed economic indicators such as GDP, productivity, and real wage growth often fail to do a good job of capturing the concepts they purport to measure. And as the chief economist of Credit Suisse begins by noting in this article, this mismeasurement problem has been viewed as significant in ...
James Sweeney
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Is deflation costly after all? The perils of erroneous historical classifications
Journal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 614-628, August 2020., 2020 Summary I estimate average economic activity during periods of inflation and deflation while accounting for measurement errors in 19th century prices. These measurement errors lead to underestimation (overestimation) of economic activity during periods of inflation (deflation).
Daniel Kaufmann
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Should the Federal Reserve raise its inflation target?
Southern Economic Journal, Volume 91, Issue 4, Page 1372-1390, April 2025.Abstract Standard economic reasoning shows that higher inflation imposes higher tax rates on money balances and unindexed savings, causing financial losses to households and reducing their real incomes. The leading cases for the Federal Reserve to raise its inflation target—that more inflation better “greases the wheels” of a sticky‐price economy, or ...
Lawrence H. White
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International Nursing Review, Volume 72, Issue 1, March 2025.Abstract Aim To determine teachers’ understanding of and attitudes towards nursing education reform at four medical colleges in Kyrgyzstan. Background The quality of nursing education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels has a major impact on patient outcomes and the development of nursing as a profession and a science.
Brigita Skela‐Savič +8 more
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The implications of the Boskin report
, 1998 The Boskin Commission has claimed that the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) is currently overestimating the true rate of inflation by 1.1 percentage points per annum.
Oulton, Nicholas
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