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Experimental UK Regional Consumer Price Inflation with Model-Based Expenditure Weights

Journal of Official Statistics
Volume 38 (2022): Issue 1 (March 2022)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2022-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2001-7367
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Language: English
Page range: 213 - 237
Submitted on: May 1, 2020
Accepted on: May 1, 2021
Published on: Mar 29, 2022
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
CPI conceptual framework,
basket of goods and services,
small area estimation,
Fay-Herriot models
Related subjects:
Mathematics,
Probability and statistics

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