Price Measurements and Their Uses

Abstract

Prefatory Note Acknowledgments Introduction Murray F. Foss Marilyn E. Manser Allan H. Young I. High-Tech Products: Computers 1. Constant-Quality Price Change, Depreciation, And Retirement Of Mainframe Computers Stephen D. Oliner 2. Price Indexes For Microcomputers: An Exploratory Study Ernst R. Berndt Zvi Griliches Comment (On 1 & 2): Rosanne Cole II. High-Tech Products: Semiconductors 3. Sources Of Price Decline In Computer Processors: Selected Electronic Components Ellen R. Dulberger 4. Cost Function Estimation Of Quality Change In Semiconductors John R. Norsworthy Show-Ling Jang 5. Measurement Of Dram Prices: Technology And Market Structure Kenneth Flamm Comment ( On 3, 4, & 5): Jack E. Triplett III. Quality-Change Issues In Consumer Prices 6. Adjusting Apparel Indexes In The Cpi For Quality Differences Paul R. Liegey Jr. 7. The Effect Of Outlet Price Differentials On The U.S. Consumer Price Index Marshall Reinsdorf Comment (On 6 & 7): Joel Popkin IV. Transaction Prices 8. The Problem Of List Prices In The Producer Price Index: The Steel Mill Products Case Thomas Betsock Irwin B. Gerduk 9. Does Government Regulation Inhibit The Reporting Of Transactions Prices By Business? Murray F. Foss Comment (On 8 & 9): Robert W. Crandall V. Price Indexes For Defense And International Trade 10. The Deflation Of Military Aircraft Richard C. Ziemer Pamela A. Kelly Comment: Arthur J. Alexander VI. Implications Of Bea's Treatment Of Computer Prices For Productivity Measurement 11. Panel Discussion: Implications Of Bea's Treatment Of Computer Prices And Productivity Measurement Chair: Frank De Leeuw Statements: Edward F. Denison, Zvi Griliches, Charles R. Hulten, And Thomas K. Rymes Comments: Arthur J. Alexander, Edwin R. Dean, Reni Durand, And Michael Harper