Suppose you want to create a price index for the price of a particular physics textbook over

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Suppose you want to create a price index for the price of a particular physics textbook over 10 years in your university bookstore. The price of the book on September 1 of each year is as follows:

Year

Price ($)

Year

Price ($)

2009

85

2015

120

2010

87

2016

125

2011

94

2017

127

2012

104

2018

127

2013

110

2019

130

2014

112




a. The base year is 2009. Construct a physics textbook price index.

b. What is the percentage increase in the price of the book between the base year and 2014?

c. What is the percentage increase in the price of the book from 2016 to 2019?

d. Are the data listed above time-series or cross-sectional data? Explain why.

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9780134835839

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Authors: Christopher T.S. Ragan

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