Lecturer: Professor Erwin Diewert
Venue:
CONGRESS- AND SPAHOTEL CARIBIA
Kongressikatu 1
20540 Turku
Contact person of the course:
Timo Alanko
Statistics Finland
E-mail: timo.alanko@stat.fi
Other information:
E-mail: abo2004@stat.fi
| Time | Wednesday, August 18 |
Thursday, August 19 |
Friday, August 20 |
Saturday, August 21 |
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| 8.30- 9.00 |
Registration | ||||||
| 9-10 | Course: Index theory | Plenary session | Parallel sessions | Course: Index theory | |||
| 10-11 | Excursion, Lunch | ||||||
| 11-12 | |||||||
| 12-14 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch (12:30-14:00) | ||||
| 14-15 | Course: Index theory | Parallel sessions | Course: Index theory | Concluding session | |||
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| 17-18 | |||||||
| 18-19 | |||||||
| 19-20 | Get-together-party | Dinner | |||||
| 20-21 | |||||||
| 21-22 | |||||||
| 22-23 | |||||||
The course on index theory is given by Erwin Diewert who is one of the best known experts in this field in the world today. It covers the theory of index number and its applications in different fields of price and volume measurement.
The course is directed to price statisticians, economists, national accountants and others who use index numbers in their work or are interested in the subject. The course is also suitable for students of advanced econometrics.The course language is English.
The literature is mainly based on the chapters on index theory written by Erwin Diewert in the new ILO manual on Consumer Price Indices that is becoming a international standard in the field and additional reading material provided by him.
The course is divided into eight sessions, each 1 1/2 hour long beginning at 9.00 on August 18, 2004. The sessions are planned as follows:
Session 1, Wednesday 18. August, 9-10.30:
Introduction to the course and the technics used. Background reading material from Erwin Diewert.
Session 2, Wednesday 18. August, 10.30-12.00:
Basic index number theory, chapter 15, Manual,
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch15.pdf
Session 3, Wednesday 18. August, 14-15.30:
Axiomatic and stochastic approaches to index number theory, chapter 16, Manual,
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch16.pdf
Session 4, Wednesday 18. August, 15.30-17.00:
The economic approach to index number theory, chapter 17 and 18, Manual,
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch17.pdf
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch18.pdf
Session 5, Thursday 19. August, 14-15.30:
Elementary indices, chapter 20, Manual,
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch20.pdf
Session 6, Thursday 19. August, 15.30-17.00:
Quality change and hedonics, chapter 21, Manual,
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch21.pdf
Session 7, Friday 20. August, 9-10.30:
Durables and user costs, chapter 23, Manual
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch23.pdf
Session 8, Friday 20. August, 10.30-12.00:
Selected problems in Index number theory.
Chapter 19 show by using artificial data set examples of price indices.
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/download/cpi/ch19.pdf
