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Papers

11th Ottawa Group Meeting (Neuchâtel, 27th to 29th May 2009)

Accepted papers should be submitted in an MS Word or PDF format no later than 15th April 2009.

Topic 1: Price statistics and housing market

Rósmundur Guðnason, Guðrún R. Jónsdóttir, Lára G. Jónasdóttir (Statistics Iceland): The effect of House Market downturn on House Price Index [PDF, 261 KB]

[Presentation slides] The effect of House Market downturn on House Price Index [PDF, 95 KB]

Makoto Shimizu (Statistics Bureau): Review for the Estimation with Regression Equations for Rent Indices in Japan (updated version 2009/08/03) [PDF, 166 KB]

[Presentation slides] Hedonic Approach for House Rents in Japan [PDF, 317 KB]

Chihiro Shimizu (Reitaku University), Kiyohiko G. Nishimura (Bank of Japan), Tsutomu Watanabe (Hitotsubashi University): House Prices and Rents in Tokyo: A Comparison of Repeat-Sales and Hedonic Measures (updated version 2009/05/25) [PDF, 391 KB]

[Presentation slides] House Prices and Rents in Tokyo: A Comparison of Repeat-Sales and Hedonic Measures [PDF, 1.4 MB]

Martin Ribe (SCB): House prices in a Swedish CPI perspective (updated version 2009/06/30) [PDF, 157 KB]

Ingvild Johansen and Ragnhild Nygaard (Statistics Norway): Owner-Occupied Housing in the Norwegian HICP [PDF, 120 KB]

Chihiro Shimizu (Reitaku University), Kiyohiko Nishimura (Bank of Japan), Tsutomu Watanabe (Hitotsubashi University): Residential Rents and Price Rigidity: Micro Structure an Macro Consequences [PDF, 222 KB]

Corinne Becker Vermeulen and Hans Markus Herren (FSO): Rents in Switzerland: sampling and quality adjustment [PDF, 128 KB]

Topic 2: Weighting: quality, frequency of update, reference period, and price-updating

John S. Greenlees, Elliot Williams (BLS): Reconsideration of Weighting and Updating Procedures in the US CPI [PDF, 158 KB]

[Presentation slides] Reconsideration of Weighting and Updating Procedures in the US CPI [PDF, 432 KB]

Martin Eiglsperger, Daniela Schackis (European Central Bank): Weights in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices: Selected aspects from a user's perspective (updated version 2009/07/01) [PDF, 88 KB]

[Presentation slides] Weights in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices: Selected aspects from a user's perspective (updated version 2009/07/01) [PDF, 161 KB]

Bert M. Balk (Statistics Netherlands and Erasmus University): Lowe and Cobb-Douglas CPIs and their substitution bias [PDF, 153 KB]

[Presentation slides] Lowe and Cobb-Douglas CPIs and their substitution bias [PDF, 141 KB]

Chris Pike, Ben Nimmo and Ludeth Mariposa (Statistics New Zealand): New Zealand 2006 and 2008 Consumers Price Index Reviews: Price Updating [PDF, 317 KB]

Stefan Linz (DESTATIS): Weighting of Outlets and Regions – the German Weighting System [PDF, 281 KB]

Topic 3: Price measurement for “hard to follow” products

Patrick Kelly, Lee Everts (Statistics South Africa): Clearing out the sales: Removing a downward bias in a clothing and footwear index [PDF, 60 KB]

[Presentation slides] Clearing out the sales: Removing a downward bias in a clothing and footwear index [PDF, 134 KB]

Topic 4A: New developments in calculation methods - elementary aggregates

Lorraine Ivancic, Kevin J.Fox (University of New South Wales) and W. Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia): Scanner Data, Time Aggregation and the Construction of Price Indexes (updated version 2009/06/23) [PDF, 767 KB]

[Presentation slides] Scanner Data, Time Aggregation and the Construction of Price Indexes [PDF, 459 KB]

Jan de Haan, Heymerik van der Grient (Statistics Netherlands): Eliminating Chain Drift in Price Indexes Based on Scanner Data [PDF, 407 KB]

[Presentation slides] Eliminating Chain Drift in Price Indexes Based on Scanner Data [PDF, 261 KB]

[Presentation slides] Reto Müller (FSO): Price collection with scanner data for the Swiss CPI-HICP [PDF, 65 KB]

Jens Mehrhoff (Deutsche Bundesbank): Aggregate Indices and Their Corresponding Elementary Indices [PDF, 1.3 MB]

[Presentation slides] Aggregate Indices and Their Corresponding Elementary Indices [PDF, 526 KB]

Mick Silver (IMF): An Index Number Formula Problem: the Aggregation of Broadly Comparable Items [PDF, 136 KB]

[Presentation slides] An Index Number Formula Problem: the Aggregation of Broadly Comparable Items [PDF, 92 KB]

Peter von der Lippe (University of Duisburg-Essen): Unit Value Bias Reconsidered (updated version 2009/06/30) [PDF, 211 KB]

[Presentation slides] Unit Value Bias Reconsidered [PDF, 328 KB]

Hans Wolfgang Brachinger, Michael Beer (University of Fribourg): The Econometric Foundations of Hedonic Elementary Price Indices [PDF, 535 KB]

Topic 4B: New developments in calculation methods - retrospective approximations

Jan de Haan (Statistics Netherlands), Bert M. Balk (Erasmus University and Statistics Netherlands), Carsten Boldsen Hansen (UNECE): Retrospective Approximations of Superlative Price Indexes for Years where Expenditure Data is Unavailable [PDF, 109 KB]

[Presentation slides] Retrospective Approximations of Superlative Price Indexes for Years where Expenditure Data is Unavailable [PDF, 63 KB]

W. Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia), Marco Huwiler, Ulrich Kohli (Swiss National Bank): Retrospective Price Indices and Substitution Bias [PDF, 71 KB]

[Presentation slides] Retrospective Price Indices and Substitution Bias [PDF, 147 KB]

Katrina Lindsay, Ricky Ho and Chris Pike (Statistics New Zealand): New Zealand consumers price index: retrospective superlative index time series [PDF, 188 KB]

Topic 5: Core inflation: from calculation to interpretation

Luigi Biggeri (ISTAT), Tiziana Laureti (University of Naples), Federico Polidoro (ISTAT): Measuring and Interpreting core inflation: evidence from Italy [PDF, 685 KB]

[Presentation slides] Measuring and Interpreting core inflation evidence from Italy [PDF, 542 KB]

Daniel Griffiths (Statistics New Zealand): Core inflation measures produced in New Zealand [PDF, 279 KB]

[Presentation slides] Core inflation measures produced in New Zealand [PDF, 598 KB]

Marco Huwiler: Measures of core inflation in Switzerland: An evaluation of alternative calculation methods for monetary policy [PDF, 23 KB]

[Presentation slides] Measures of core inflation in Switzerland: An evaluation of alternative calculation methods for monetary policy [PDF, 428 KB]

Gregor W. Smith (Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario): The Missing Links: Better Measures of Inflation and Inflation Expectations in Canada [PDF, 270 KB]

Walter Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia): Discussion of the Smith paper [PDF, 56 KB]

Topic 6: Globalisation and specialisation

Jens Mehrhoff (Deutsche Bundesbank), Claus Christian Breuer (University of Duisburg-Essen): Is Inflation Heterogeneously Distributed Among Income Groups? [PDF, 922 KB]

[Presentation slides] Is Inflation Heterogeneously Distributed Among Income Groups? [PDF, 414 KB]

John S. Greenlees, Robert McClelland (Bureau of Labor Statistics): Misconceptions about Consumer Price Indexes: the U.S. Experience [PDF, 70 KB]

[Presentation slides] Misconceptions about Consumer Price Indexes: the U.S. Experience [PDF, 107 KB]

David Fenwick (Office for National Statistics): Ethical price indices: the case for a cost of consumption index [PDF, 82 KB]

[Presentation slides] Ethical price indices: the case for a cost of consumption index [PDF, 169 KB]

Jörgen Dalén (Jörgen Dalén Statistical Consulting): Designing a CPI in a developing country. Some experiences [PDF, 266 KB]

[Presentation slides] Designing a CPI in a developing country. Some experiences [PDF, 74 KB]

Rosmundur Guðnason, Guðrún R. Jónsdóttir (Statistics Iceland): The impact of Financial Crises on the CPI [PDF, 92 KB]

[Presentation slides] The impact of Financial Crises on the CPI [PDF, 95 KB]

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