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This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from the National Bureau of Economic Research Volume Title: The Measurement of Durable Goods Prices Volume Author/Editor: Robert J. Gordon Volume Publisher: University of Chicago Press Volume ISBN: 0-226-30455-8 Volume URL: http://www.nber.org/books/gord90-1 Conference Date: n/a Publication Date: January 1990 Chapter Title: Index Chapter Author: Robert J. Gordon Chapter URL: http://www.nber.org/chapters/c8325 Chapter pages in book: (p. 715 - 723) Index Accessories (automobile), 87, 96-98, Automatic transmission (AT), 96-97, 326, 326-31, 334-35 328, 352 Accounting machines, 440 Automobiles, 7, 10, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 30, Adding machines, ten-key electric or 31, 35, 38, 147, 170, 241, 243, 413, electronic, 30, 437, 440-42, 481, 505, 523, 526, 551, 618, 675, 677, 679, 512-14, 570-71 681; methodological issues, 61, 87, Adjacent-year equations. See Hedonic 90-92, 94-95, 97-99, 102-4; regression technique development of price indexes, 321-82 Aerospace Facts and Figures, 125n, 128n Automotive News 1971 Almanac Issue, 98n Air compressors, stationary, 11, 33, 409, Auto testers, electronic, 465-66, 481, 610, 463-64, 498, 604, 643 659-60 Air conditioners: auto, 326, 328; central, 97; Aviation Week and Space Technology. 154 room, 16, 19, 34, 36, 39, 241-42, Avmark Company, 7, 144-46 244-45, 247-50, 270-82, 288, 315, Avmark Newsletter, 144, 146n 419, 438, 498, 655, 665-66 Aircraft, 17, 81, 103, 620, 675, 677, 679, Bailey, Elizabeth E., 114, 135-36 681; commercial, 7, 11, 15, 22, 29, Baily, Martin N., 520 30-31, 33, 61, 111-58, 178-79, 388; Bain, Edward C., 184 engine manufacturers, 14; jet and Barger, E. L., 38811 piston, 38, 111-13, 131, 136; used, 4, Barmash, Isadore, 42211, 423n 75, 113, 143, 147-48 Barrels, 449 Aircraft price index, 116-29, 152, 155-56 Barzel, Yoram, 158, 171-73, 177 Airframe, 14, 117 Batteries, automobile, 29n, 438, 471, 481, Alexander, Arthur J., 18911, 191 661-62 Ammeters, panel-type, 465, 610- 11, BEA. See U.S. Bureau of Economic 660-61 Analysis (BEA) Antipollution devices, 104, 183-85, 350-55 Bemdt, Emst R., 61 Appliances, household, 7, 16-17, 241-320, Bias. See Drift, secular 470-71, 523, 551-52, 653-57 Billingsley, James R., 396 Archibald, Robert B., 191 Birdzell, L. E., Jr., 12n Audio equipment, 38, 320 BLS. See U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Audio tape recorder, 36 (BW Auerbach Computer Technology Reports, 197 Boiler-turbogenerator (BTG) units, 159-61 715 716 Index Brand, Horst, 399 470, 493, 497, 502, 504-5, 525-26, Bresnahan, Timothy F., 191, 357 649-50, 670-71 Broadcast and studio equipment, 405-7 Computer peripherals, 7, 13, 225, 227 Brock, Gerald W., 191 Computer price index, 188, 226 Brooders, poultry, 639 Computer processors, 16, 189, 237 Brown goods, 243-44, 316 Computers, 11, 15, 18, 22, 30, 43, 45; Burstein, Meyer L., 13, 241 electronic, 11, 19, 29, 31, 38, 51, 191, Bushe, Dennis M., 157n, 160 194, 241, 413, 573; mainframe, 7, 38, Business Week, 224n, 32011, 39511, 406n, 188-89, 192-93; micro, 189, 192-93, 42311, 434n, 44611, 463n 228-29; mini, 7, 38, 189, 192-93, 228-29; personal, 7, 29, 188-89, CAB. See U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board 228-29, 236 (CAB) Computer systems, 5, 9, 197, 526; final Cabinets, filing, 467-68, 481, 627 price index, 224-35 Calculators, 11, 27, 29, 38, 42, 440, Computerworld, 7, 188n. 189, 196-201, 46-48, 466, 481, 574 208, 211-12, 215-16, 223-24, 240, Calipers, micrometer, 601 -2 417 Camcorders. See Video equipment Concrete mixer, 469-70 Capacitors, 30 Condensing units, 39, 493, 497, 502, Capital input, stock, 12-13, 23-27, 545-49 504-5, 650-52, 671-73 Capital-output ratio, 12-13, 545-49 Connectors, 30 Card files, 480, 624-25 Consumer Appliances, 241, 262, 270, 303, Card readers, 225 305, 308 Cartwright, David W., 188n, 232, 236 Consumer durables, 43; new deflator, Cash registers, 440-41, 481, 571 549-54. See also Appliances, Catalog price indexes. See Price indexes household; Automobiles Chairs, office swivel, 467-68, 627-28 Consumer price index (CPI), 6, 9- 10, Characteristics of equipment: theory based 84-89 on, 43-53; quality adjustment for, Consumer Reports (CR), xvi, 7, 16-17, 84- 101 9511, 98, 9811, 99, 241-42, 245-48n, Chevrolet, quality changes, 368-82 257, 275, 290-96, 305, 324-26, 357, Chicago Tribune, 410n 359, 417, 442-49n, 45511, 45711, 498, Chow, Gregory C., 13, 56, 189, 191, 519 197-201, 205-8, 216, 220-21, Consumers’ Union, 3611, 249, 270, 282n, 238-39, 417 294, 301 Christensen, Laurits R., 157n Conventional method of quality change Circuit breakers, 465-66, 615-16 adjustment. See Specification method Clark, D. L., 508n, 511n Cooper, R. B., Jr., 407 Clean Air Act (1970, 1977), 183, 350 Copying equipment, 32, 38 Clifford, T. F., 39811 Cost function, 43-45 Clorety, J. A,, Jr., 492 Costs, operating, 177-83. See also Energy Coffee makers, automatic, 471, 657 efficiency Cole, Rosanne, 188n, 191, 194, 197, 201, Court, A. T., 89, 95, 105, 32511 225, 239 Cowing, Thomas D., 157n, 161, 166n, 172 Communications equipment, 5, 383, Cowling, K., 323n 395-408, 412, 448-49, 524, 675, CPI. See Consumer price index (CPI) 677, 679, 681. See also Telephone CR. See Consumer Reports (CR) transmission and switching Crains’ Chicago Business, 421n equipment Crandall, Robert, 323, 331, 350-51, 353, Compact-disk players, 36, 320 355, 364-65 Components, intermediate, 30 Cranes, power, 470 Compressors: stationary air, 11, 33, 409, Cubbin, J., 323n 463-64, 498, 604, 643; refrigerant, 39, Cultivators, tractor-drawn, 636 717 Index Current Industrial Reports, xvii, 7, 404-5, Economic policy, aggregate, 8 496-97 The Economist, 404n. 406n Cutting tools, acetylene, 458-59, 598-99 Edison Electric Institute, 162n EDP Industry Report, 196 Data eligibility, 15- 16 Einstein, Marcus E., 19111 Data sources, xv-xvii, 7-8; for automobile Electrical equipment, 526, 676, 678, 680, analysis, 332-35; Chow and Dulberger, 682 198-99, 205-8, 211, 221; for Electric motors, 438, 611-12 computers, 196-99; Computerworld, Electric utility generating equipment, 7, 11, 196, 198-99, 208, 211-12, 216, 220; 14-17, 19, 29, 35, 61, 157-87, 452, Consumer Reports (CR), 241 -42, 581, 675, 677, 679, 681 245-47, 257; for electric utility Electronic calculator, 440 generating equipment, 158, 162; for Electronic computers. See Computers locomotive and freight car price, 41 1; Electronic products, 30 Phister, 196-99, 202-6, 221, 240; Electron tubes, 30 respondents as, 31-32, 81-83; Sears, Elevators, portable farm, 638 Roebuck catalog, xv-xvi, 5, 241, Ellinghaus, William M., 396n 245-49, 257; unit value indexes as, Ellsworth, Deane H., 41111 490-91, 493-500 Emmet, Boris, 421, 42211, 426n Dean, Charles, 466 Energy and material input, 43 deMtnil, George, 502n Energy efficiency, xv, 4-5, 19; adjustments Denison, Edward, 26, 41, 53-54, 56-60 for, 16-17, 61-62, 75-78, 101-5; Depletion hypothesis, 156 aircraft, 112, 127; automobiles, 15, DePodwin, Horace, 466 350, 353-55; clothes dryers, 296-97; Desks, steel, 467-68, 626 electric utility generating equipment, Dhrymes, Phoebus J., 94-95, 98, 241 159-60; refrigerators, 261-63; room Diesel engines. See Engines, diesel air conditioners, 277; television sets, Diewert, Erwin, 5, 73n, 232n 303-5 Diggers, post-hole, 469-70, 641 Energy Policy and Conservation Act of Diodes, 30 1975, 350 Dishwashers, under-counter, 39, 242, 247, Energy-repair cost effect, 3 18 310-12, 315, 32011, 656, 666 Engines, diesel, 11, 17, 19, 27-28, 34, Disk drives, computer, 225 37-39, 94, 11611, 452, 493, 496-97, Displays, computer, 225 502, 504-12, 514-15, 525-26, 539 Douglas, James W., 135 Engines, gasoline, 452, 493, 495-97, 502, Drift, S~CU~W,10-11, 21-23, 424, 463-64, 514, 588-89, 668-69 469, 471, 479-80, 485, 537-38, 540; Engines, locomotive, 508. See also Railroad in alternative and official price indexes, equipment 32-36, 187, 412-13, 440, 450; Engines and turbines, 526, 675, 677, 679, definition and use of, 5-6; determinants 68 1. See also Electric utility generating of, 480-85; low rate for certain equipment products of, 31; ratio of new indexes to ENIAC, 191, 192n, 216 official deflators, 10- 11; in unit value Environmental legislation and regulation, ratios, 504-12 104, 181, 183-85, 350-53 Drill bits, 435, 480, 600 ExcIuded variables. See Hedonic regression Drill presses, 458, 481, 592 technique Dryers, clothes, 241-42, 244, 294-300, 315, 653-54, 664 Faltermayer, Edmund, 184 Dulberger, Ellen, 189, 191, 197, 199, 200, Fans, propellor, 464, 606 220, 222-24, 238-39, 249n, 408, 417 Fantel, Hans, 309 Fax (facsimile) machine, 406 Early, John, 32, 84, 8511, 88, 164n, 42511, Fences, chain link, 435, 480, 586 431, 470 Fettig, Lyle, 384-86, 38711, 388-90 718 Index Fire extinguishers, 480, 525, 607 Heffinger, Fred, 33211, 333n Fisher, Franklin M., 43, 47, 191, 19611, 199, Hendrickson. Robert, 41811, 42011, 422n, 200, 202, 22211, 223n 423n. 426 Flamm, Kenneth, 8, 19n, 189, 201, 225, Hogarty, Thomas F., 94, 32311, 324n 239, 383, 397n, 399-400, 402-4, 408 Hoists, differential chain, 481, 605-6, Flueck, J., 491 644-45 Forbes, 188n, 406n Holusha, John, 34n Ford, Gary T., 191 Hoover, Ethel D., 87 Ford, Henry, 421 Horsley, A., 191 Franklin, Benjamin, 420 Hudson, E. A,, 60 Franklin, James C., 19111 Hunt, Michael S., 243 Freight cars, railroad, 8, 15, 94, 408-9, 412, 622.