Services Producer Price Indices – First quarter 2010

Financial Services in Swedish Price Indices

The paper deals with issues that have been found important for the treatment of financial services in Swedish price indices. In particular the definition of the unit transaction for fund and stock-brokering services with charge proportional to transaction value is crucial. Such services have more than a negligible extent in Sweden, also for consumers, and different definitions of the unit trans...

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How Much Is That Home Really Worth? Appraisal Bias and House-Price Uncertainty (First Quarter 2010 Business Review)

www.philadelphiafed.org Leonard Nakamura is an assistant vice president and economist in the Philadelphia Fed’s Research Department, where he is also head of the Regional and Applied Microeconomics section. This article is available free of charge at www. philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/ publications/. W BY LEONARD NAKAMURA How Much Is That Home Really Worth? Appraisal Bias and House-Pric...

First Quarter 2001 Newsletter

industrial structure, technology and energy and environmental policy. Deregulation in the different markets is moving foreward. The restructuring of the petroleum and energy industry the last couple of years has been fundamental. Ecommerce will definitivly influence the energy industry and trade patterns. Technology offers significantly increased efficiencies for all energy sources. On the glob...

Price Determinants of Show Quality Quarter Horses

This study estimates the price determinants of show quality Quarter Horses sold at auction. Several characteristics including genetic and physical traits, the quality of pedigree, and sale order affect price. Sale price is positively affected by a strong performance record of the horse as well as the performance record of the horse’s offspring. A common practice at horse auctions is for the sel...