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Is Deflation Costly After All? The Perils of Erroneous Historical Classifications

Kaufmann, Daniel - 2017

Measurement error in historical data distorts descriptive analyses based on binary classifications. Modern replications of deficiencies in retrospective CPI estimates for the 19th century show that measurement issues cause misclassification of inflationary and deflationary episodes. We therefore...

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Is deflation costly after all? : the perils of erroneous historical classifications

Kaufmann, Daniel - 2017 - This version: 1 September 2017

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Wage Penalty of Abstinence and Wage Premium of Drinking - A misclassification bias due to pooling of drinking groups?

Jarl, Johan; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2009

respect to a number of variables, which may implicate confounding. Given appropriate controls, misclassification bias is … likely in the pooled group of light drinkers. The direction of the misclassification bias, however, is to underestimate the …

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