Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Construction of a Ready-to-Eat Cereal Price Index:

　　Should the Nature of Retail Outlets Matter?

　2.1 Introduction

　2.2 The Consumer Price Index

　　2.2.1 The CPI and Substitution Bias

　　2.2.2 The CPI and Bias from Quality Improvements in Durable Goods

　　2.2.3 The CPI and Bias from the Introduction of New Goods

　　2.2.4 The CPI and the Cost-of-Living Index

　　2.2.5 The Computation of the CPI in Ireland

　2.3 The Irish Grocery Market and Data Description

　　2.3.1 Multiples (MULT)

　　2.3.2 Symbol Groups (GRP)

　　2.3.3 Independent Retailers (IND)

　　2.3.4 Data Description

　2.4 Constructing a Price Index

　　2.4.1 The Importance of Store Type in the Construction

　　of a Price Index

　　2.4.2 Understanding the Difference between Our Complete Price Index

　　and the CSO Price Index

　2.5 Estimation Model

　　2.5.1 Exogenous Store Types

　　2.5.2 Endogenous Store Types

　2.6 Conclusions

Chapter 3 U-Shaped Curves in Economic Activity:The Role of Trade

　outside the Former Soviet Union

　3.1 Introduction

　3.2 Data

　3.3 An Overview of Initial Conditions of Unemployment,

　　FDI and Trade

　　3.3.1 Unemployment

　　3.3.2 Foreign Direct Investment

　　3.3.3 Non-Transitional Trade

　　3.3.4 Openness : Trade ( export + import) relative to GDP

　3.4 Empirical Estimation

　　3.4.1 Model

　　3.4.2 Results of Estimation

　3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 The Dynamics of Human Development

　4.1 Introduction

　4.2 Human Development Index: Background and Criticism

　　4.2.1 Background of the HDI

　　4.2.2 Criticism of the HDI

　4.3 Construction of HDIF and Data

　　4.3.1 Construction of the HDIF

　　4.3.2 Data

　4.4 The HDIF and the HDI

　　4.4.1 Comparison of Levels between the HDIF and the HDI

　　4.4.2 HDIF Rank and HDI Rank by country

　4.5 Conclusions

Chapter 5 Conclusions

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