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Derrière les barreaux: un indice régional pénitentiaire des prix au Canada, 1883–1923.
Author(s) -
Minns Chris,
MacKin Mary
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00420.x
Subject(s) - inflation (cosmology) , consumer price index (south africa) , price index , index (typography) , economics , regional variation , variation (astronomy) , construct (python library) , wholesale price index , world war ii , economic history , economy , price level , monetary economics , political science , business , econometrics , monetary policy , advertising , mid price , law , physics , theoretical physics , world wide web , computer science , astrophysics , programming language
. We construct consumer price indices for Canada, based mainly on the expenditure records of Canada's federal penitentiaries. Regional price variation was much greater in Canada in the late nineteenth century than in the northern U.S. The new data suggest substantial price decline to 1900. Regional price variation in Canada decreased gradually to 1914, and quickly during the First World War. For 1900–14 and 1922–3, new data are largely consistent with consumer price data compiled by the Labour Gazette . The new data suggest more inflation during the First World War.