Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82510 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2009:15
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
A long lasting controversy in Sweden as well as internationally is how to best estimate a price on the services of owner occupied housing in a consumer price index. There is no international consensus and different approaches have been adopted. In this paper we use a true cost-of-living index suggested by one of the authors, apply the model to Swedish data and compare the results to the current Swedish CPI. We also show that within the economic model underlying the true cost-of-living index, alternative operationalizations of the index give rather different results. The choice between these alternatives depends upon the primary purpose of the index.
Subjects: 
price index
cost-of-living index
compensation index
price of housing services
JEL: 
C43
D91
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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