Download This PaperDecomposing the Changes of the Divisia Price Index: Application to Inflation in the Philippines
SMU Economics & Statistics Working Paper No. 06-2011
13 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2011
Date Written: March 11, 2011
Abstract
We propose a method to decompose the logarithmic change of the Divisia price index into the pure price effect, the preference effect and the substitution effect. Our empirical results in the Philippines shows the effects of preference change on the Divisia price index are heterogeneous but positive across all regions and income deciles. However, they are dominated by the pure price effect.
Keywords: Divisia price index, preference change, decomposition, Philippines
JEL Classification: E31, I32, O10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Fujii, Tomoki, Decomposing the Changes of the Divisia Price Index: Application to Inflation in the Philippines (March 11, 2011). SMU Economics & Statistics Working Paper No. 06-2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1806989 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1806989
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