explaining this bias. It is shown that amount and sign of the 'unit value bias' depends on the correlation between the change of …

The unit value index (UVI) as compiled in Germany for exports and imports is compared with two other indices, viz. an … index of Drobisch which unfortunately is likewise known as 'unit value index' and the 'normal' Laspeyres price index (PI) of … homogeneous) commodities. The focus of the paper is on the decomposition of the discrepancy between UVIs and PIs (the 'unit value …

The unit value index (UVI) as compiled in Germany for exports and imports is compared with two other indices, viz. an … index of Drobisch which unfortunately is likewise known as "unit value index" and the "normal" Laspeyres price index (PI) of … homogeneous) commodities. The focus of the paper is on the decom-position of the discrepancy between UVIs and PIs (the "unit value …

of the commercial flows, determinant factors of the trade balance and the assessed relative unit value indices, on …

explaining this bias. It is shown that amount and sign of the 'unit value bias' depends on the correlation between the change of …

In 2008 a new series of Unit Value Indexes was officially released; after few months the series of Production Price …

Laspeyres and the Paasche index. The study also provides an axiomatic comparison between the generalised unit value indices and … known examples of this approach. The present study challenges this tradition. It develops the family of generalised unit … value indices. They do not average the individual items' price changes but relate the average price of the period considered …