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December 1993

The commodity substitution effect in CPI data, 1982-91

Ana M. Aizcorbe, Patrick Jackman

Recent analysis of the substitution effects in CPI-like Laspeyres measures of price change indicate small differences across index number formulas. This article examines trends in the commodity substitution effect over a 10-year period.

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