Inflation
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-87729-7 (ISBN)
Robert O'Neill is Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield, UK, where he has been since 2013. Previously he worked at the Office for National Statistics working primarily in the area of index numbers methodology. His current role includes both research and teaching related to quantitative economics, which includes teaching students at various levels. Jeff Ralph has worked for the Office for National Statistics, UK, for 13 years. Much of that time has been spent working on price statistics and the measurement of inflation; this has included research and teaching. Jeff has been joint author on a number of research papers and lead author on a recent student textbook on index numbers. Paul A. Smith is Associate Professor in Official Statistics, University of Southampton, UK. He worked for 25 years in the Office for National Statistics, UK, where he gained extensive experience in the theory and practice of sample surveys applied to businesses, households and the population census. He undertakes consultancy and research in topics related to official statistics, and coordinates the MSc in Official Statistics.
lt;p>Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. What is Inflation?
Chapter 3. The Origins of Inflation Measurement: 1700-1879
Chapter 4. What is a Price Index?
Chapter 5. Developments in the Period 1880-1945
Chapter 6. The Development of the Retail Prices Index: 1947-1989
Chapter 7. What's in the Basket?.- Chapter 8. Price Collection
Chapter 9. Estimating Household Expenditure Shares
Chapter 10. Years of Change: 1990-2010
Chapter 11. Measuring Inflation at a Detailed Level
Chapter 12. What Should we be Measuring?
Chapter 13. Recent Developments: 2009-2016
Chapter 14. Other Price Indices
Chapter 15. A Look to the Future
"This book is a very well-researched history of the development of measures of inflation in the UK over the past three hundred years. It is also a source of technical information for anybody wanting to delve into the detail of how consumer price indices are compiled." (John Astin, Significance Magazine, Vol. 15 (05), October, 2018)
“This book is a very well-researched history of the development of measures of inflation in the UK over the past three hundred years. It is also a source of technical information for anybody wanting to delve into the detail of how consumer price indices are compiled.” (John Astin, Significance Magazine, Vol. 15 (05), October, 2018)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XXIV, 375 p. 10 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 521 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Schlagworte | Consumer goods • Consumer Prices Index • "cost of goods" framework • “cost of goods” framework • "cost of living" framework • "cost of living” framework • Economic history of inflation • Economic statistics • European Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices • Historical development of inflation • Inflation • Institute of Fiscal Studies • interest rates • Measurement practice • Pension uprating • Price index • Retail prices index • The general level of prices • The Office for National Statistics |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-87729-1 / 3319877291 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-87729-7 / 9783319877297 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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