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Weighting bias and inflation in the time of COVID-19: evidence from Swiss transaction data
Sharp changes in consumer expenditure may bias inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using public data from debit card transactions, I quantify these changes in consumer spending, update CPI basket weights and construct an alternative price index to measure the effect of the COVID-induced weightin...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7493696/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32959014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41937-020-00057-7 |