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  Doctoral Dissertation

  Political Economy of Subnational Institutions: Essays on Subnational Institutional Framework, Public Policies and Their Impact on Economic Outcomes
  

  Author:

  Reyes Ruiz Gonzalez

  Advisory Committee:

  Dan Hungerman

  Degree Area:

  Economics

  Degree:

  Doctor of Philosophy

  Defense Date:

  2019-03-22

  Record Visibility:

  Public

• 2

  Article

  Re-conceiving Quality: Political Economy and the Rise of Hedonic Price Indexes
  

  Author(s):

  Thomas A. Stapleford

  Abstract:

  Prior to the 1960s most American economists rejected hedonic techniques as a solution to the problem of quality change in price indexes. I argue that behind that judgment lay a deeper conceptual divide over how best to define and assess product quality: through expert testing or through market price differentials. Most American economists working on price indexes at the time had ties to the U.S. consumer movement, which emphasized consumer ignorance and promoted expert analysis as the only re…

  Date Published:

  2011

  Record Visibility:

  Public