Tariffs, Product Quality, and Price Dispersion of Durables: Evidence from 1988-2008 U.S. Microdata

1989 2007 Good Mean Sd Median 90th/10th No.obs Mean Sd Median 90th/10th No.obs Baby furniture and equipment 90 135 48 10 214 96 189 53 10 151 Bedroom furniture 319 567 151 22 222 408 567 198 33 242 Bicycles 128 140 85 15 213 116 176 54 26 169 Camping equipment 62 80 34 10 113 52 51 33 9 110 Carpeting 878 1030 602 18 138 839 979 502 19 69 Cars 7929 7030 6497 33 534 8521 6433 7473 10 344 China and other dinnerware 67 114 34 13 305 54 234 29 14 294 Clocks 48 164 19 13 206 72 266 25 24 562 Clothes dryers 292 140 309 9 88 276 172 243 7 148 Clothes washers 346 181 381 7 124 307 197 270 6 165 Color Televisions 369 367 286 7 361 485 482 342 20 474 Computers 943 1004 632 42 100 318 333 215 32 604 Fishing and hunting equipment 64 92 33 15 292 127 314 46 20 194 Glassware 29 46 14 17 343 20 43 11 13 266 Hand tools 30 39 17 16 373 34 46 16 18 212 Heaters 53 76 33 8 224 67 163 23 16 157 Jewelry 128 314 35 38 993 166 503 43 40 774 Kitchen and dining room furnitur 465 1045 153 42 178 371 460 245 32 133 Lamps and lights 66 116 38 13 342 56 116 26 18 409 Lawn and garden equipment 281 610 99 28 352 219 411 86 42 288 Living room furniture 220 251 145 21 488 231 419 120 27 507 Luggage 71 87 39 14 227 60 70 39 12 190 Mattress and springs 343 326 239 13 200 450 451 342 24 216 Microwave ovens 167 91 148 3 130 82 84 51 8 178 Musical equipment 132 345 39 53 200 187 461 57 34 142 Non-electric cookware 31 38 19 12 415 36 70 20 11 399 Continued on next page...