@article{Canadian:1649,
      recid = {1649},
      author = {Kryvtsov, Oleksiy},
      title = {Is There a Quality Bias in the Canadian CPI? Evidence from  Micro Data},
      address = {2013},
      pages = {1 online resource (iii, 14 pages plus tables)},
      abstract = {Rising consumer prices may reflect shifts by consumers to  new higher-priced products, mostly for durable and  semi-durable goods. I apply Bils’ (2009) methodology to  newly available Canadian consumer price data for  non-shelter goods and services to estimate how price  increases can be divided between quality growth and price  inflation. I find that less than one-third of observed  price increases during model changeovers should be  attributed to quality growth. This implies overall price  inflation close to inflation measured by the official  index. I conclude that, according to Bils’ methodology, the  quality bias is not an important source of potential  mismeasurement of CPI inflation in Canada.},
      url = {http://www.oar-rao.bank-banque-canada.ca/record/1649},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.34989/swp-2013-24},
}