Hedonic prices indexes for new passenger cars in Portugal (1997-2001)
In this paper we study the e¤ects of quality change on the price index for new passenger cars in Portugal for the years 1997-2001. Hedonic regression models are studied, giving particular emphasis to the relation between the form of the price index and the speci¤cation of the hedonic equation and es...
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| Format: | workingPaper |
| Language: | eng |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/24358 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/24358 |
| Summary: | In this paper we study the e¤ects of quality change on the price index for new passenger cars in Portugal for the years 1997-2001. Hedonic regression models are studied, giving particular emphasis to the relation between the form of the price index and the speci¤cation of the hedonic equation and estimation method used. The results indicate that the CPI component corresponding to this item may have been overestimated by as much as 2:2 percentage points per year. This corresponds to an overestimation of the overall CPI by about 0:15 percentage points per year. As a by-product of this analysis it is also possible to conclude that the quality of new cars sold in Portugal increased on average 4:8 percent per year during this period. |
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