In this paper, we consider the problem of estimating general and commodity-specific inflation rates by the stochastic approach considered in Clements and Izan (1987) and Selvanathan (1989). In order to achieve identification of commodity-specific rates, a linear constraint usually is imposed,...

This paper deals with the general partitioned linear regression model where the regressor matrix $X=\pmatrix{X_1 & X_2\cr}$ may be deficient in column rank, the dispersion matrix $V$ is possibly singular, $\beta^t=\pmatrix{\beta_1^t & \beta_2^t\cr}$ - being partitioned according to $X$ - is the...

This paper deals with the general possibly singular linear model. It is assumed that in addition to the sample information we have some nonstochastic prior information concerning the unknown regression coefficients that can be expressed in form of linear independent inequality constraints. Since...