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Indices. Definitions. Paasche Quantity Index:. Laspeyres Quantity Index:. Can we make any welfare statement if we know that the Paasche Quantity Index or the Laspeyres Quantity Index has gone up or down? This depends on:. If P q > 1 then.

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  1. Indices

  2. Definitions • Paasche Quantity Index: • Laspeyres Quantity Index:

  3. Can we make any welfare statement if we know that the Paasche Quantity Index or the Laspeyres QuantityIndex has gone up or down? This depends on: If Pq > 1 then Since the original bundle (xb, yb) is still affordable we could buy it  but have not. Thus,

  4. If Pq < 1 then No ranking of bundles is possible, xt, yt chosen when xb, yb is not available: so cannot compare. If Lq < 1 then

  5. If Lq > 1 then (xt, yt) not available when (xb, yb) chosen. Possible Pq < 1 < Lq

  6. Original Budget Constraint: Pxb xb + Pyb yb = Mb In time t,Prices, Income and Quantities have changed. We want to know if we are better or worse off when Pxt xt + Pyt yt = Mt

  7. Price Indices Paasche Price Index weights are quantities: Laspeyres Price Index: We are not able to rank using the revealed preference.

  8. Need to define expenditure index: If Pp > M then Rearranging gives: pxb xb + pyb yb > pxb xt + pyb yt Thus:

  9. If Lp < M then pxt xb + pyt yb < pxt xt + pyt yt • Problems with Price Indices • Choice of ‘representative weights’ • CPI Base year weights: Laspeyres • Used to index pensions and social security over-estimates effect of price changes as this does not take account of substitution possibilities.

  10. One price up, other down Overall real income down Original Prices y0 x0

  11. Income after Pension rise based on CPI/Laspayres So CPI compensation overestimates effect of inflation since does not allow for substitution of y for x y0 U1 U0 x0

  12. By contrast, the Paasche index under-estimates the effect of price change.

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