Updated on 17 June, 2015
Location: Meeting room "Kegon" on the 1F, Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Hotel (See "Meeting Venue" for details.)
Internet service will be available at no charge at the conference venue.
May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22
Wednesday, May 20 |
9:00 ? 9:30 |
REGISTRATION |
9:30 ? 9:50 |
WELCOME SPEACH |
9:50 ? 10:10 |
PHOTO SESSION, BREAK |
9:10 ? 10:25 |
OPENING ADDRESS |
10:25 ? 12:20 |
Topic 1: Alternate data sources and Index number formulas Session 1: Scanner Data and Alternative Elementary Indexes Chair: Marcel van Kints Papers for presentation:
Eniko Gabor and Philip Vermeulen (Bundesbank and European Central Bank): New evidence on elementary index bias |
Paper (PDF:482KB) Presentation (PDF:124KB) |
Claude Lamboray and Frances Krsinich (Statistics Luxembourg and Statistics New Zealand): A modification of the GEKS index when product turnover is high |
Paper (PDF:394KB) Presentation (PDF:434KB) |
Satoshi Imai, Erwin Diewert and Chihiro Shimizu (Statistics Bureau of Japan, University of British Columbia and National University of Singapore): Consumer Price Index Biases -Elementary Index Biases vs. Sampling Biases |
Paper (PDF:511KB) Presentation (PDF:937KB) |
Antonio Chessa (Statistics Netherlands): Towards a generic price index method for scanner data in the Dutch CPI |
Room Document (PDF:420KB) |
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12:20 ? 13:50 |
LUNCH |
13:50 ? 15:35 |
Topic 1: Alternate data sources and Index number formulas Session 2: Online Prices and Web Scraping Chair: Tsutomu Watanabe Papers for presentation:
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15:35 ? 15:55 |
BREAK |
15:55 ? 17:40 |
Topic 1: Alternate data sources and Index number formulas Session 3: Scanner Data and New Methods for Constructing Indexes Chair: Corinne Becker Papers for presentation:
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18:00 ? 19:00 |
SOCIAL EVENT |
19:30 ? 21:30 |
RECEPTION |
Thursday, May 21 |
9:00 ? 10:40 |
Topic 1: Alternate data sources and Index number formulas Session 4: Topic in Index Construction Chair: Patrick Sillard Papers for presentation:
Pedro Ferreira, Jose Gondin, Andre Braz and Juliana Carneiro (Fundacao Getulio Vargas): Applying the daily inflation to forecast the Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA) |
Paper (PDF:623KB) Presentation (PDF:168KB) |
Ning Huang, Waruna Wimalaratne and Brent Pollard (Statistics Canada): Choice of index number formula and Upper level substitution bias in the Canadian CPI |
Paper (PDF:484KB) Presentation (PDF:436KB) |
Ning Huang, Waruna Wimalaratne and Brent Pollard (Statistics Canada): The Effects of the Frequency and Implementation Lag of Basket Updates on the Canadian CPI |
Paper (PDF:386KB) Presentation (PDF:260KB) |
Jess Diamond, Kota Watanabe and Tsutomu Watanabe (Hitotsubashi University, Meiji University and University of Tokyo): Estimating Consumer Price Inflation by Household |
Paper Presentation (PDF:487KB) |
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10:40 ? 10:50 |
BREAK |
10:50 ? 12:20 |
Topic 2: Compiling Property Price Indexes Session 5: Housing Price Indexes and Rental Price Indexes Chair: Chihiro Shimizu Papers for presentation:
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12:20 ? 13:50 |
LUNCH |
13:50 ? 15:10 |
Topic 2: Compiling Property Price Indexes Session 6: Property Price Indexes Chair: Kevin Fox Papers for presentation:
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15:10 ? 15:30 |
BREAK |
15:30 ? 17:40 |
Topic 3: Price statistics that meet multiple user needs Session 7: Integrated Price Statistics and Measuring Regional Growth and Inflation Chair: David Fenwick Papers for presentation:
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18:00 ? 21:00 |
SOCIAL EVENT and DINNER |
Friday, May 22 |
9:00 ? 9:50 |
Topic 4: Quality adjustment Session 8: New Methods for Quality Adjustment Chair: Derek Bird Papers for presentation:
Frances Krsinich (Statistics New Zealand): Implementation of consumer electronics scanner data in the New Zealand CPI |
Paper (PDF:190KB) Presentation (PDF:818KB) |
Patrick Sillard (Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques): Scanner data and quality adjustment |
Paper (PDF:482KB) Presentation (PDF:233KB) |
James L.Y. Cheng (Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR Government): Quality Adjustment of Second-hand Motor Vehicle - Application of Hedonic Approach in Hong Kong's Consumer Price Index |
Room Document (PDF:96KB) |
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9:50 ? 10:20 |
Topic 5: Pricing seasonal products Session 9: The Treatment of Seasonal Data in CPI Chair: Claude Lamboray Papers for presentation:
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10:20 ? 10:40 |
BREAK |
10:40 ? 12:20 |
Topic 6: Other topics Session 10: Topic in Price Measurement Chair: Bert Balk Papers for presentation:
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Topic 6: Other topics Session 11: Topic in Price Measurement Chair: Satoshi Imai Papers for presentation:
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12:20 ? 13:30 |
LUNCH |
13:30 ? 14:10 |
SPECIAL SESSION |
14:10 ? 14:40 |
REPORT |
14:40 ? 14:55 |
NEXT MEETING |
14:55 ? 15:20 |
CLOSING REMARKS |