William Randolph
Biographic Data
| ID | 5868633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Randolph |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Randolph |
| SIGNATURE | RANDOLPH W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dynamic Income, Progressive Taxes, and the Timing of Charitable Contributions
Using an econometric model of charitable giving and a ten-year panel of tax return data, the author finds that previous studies have underestimated the effects of permanent income and overestimated those of permanent changes in tax prices. The significant statutory tax changes that occurred during the 1980s, especially in 1986, serve to identify the key model parameters. The author's results imply that people smooth their giving when transitory i…
Housing Depreciation and Aging Bias in the Consumer Price Index
I use hedonic regression methods to estimate average rental housing physical depreciation for areas of the United States. I estimate downward quality bias of the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) caused by rental-housing physical depreciation, and I develop methods to correct the CPI for such aging bias. My physical depreciation estimates imply that recent percentage changes in the U.S. CPI shelter-cost indexes are downward biased by .3 to .4 annua…
Estimation of housing depreciation: Short-term quality change and long-term vintage effects
Dynamic Income, Progressive Taxes, and the Timing of Charitable Contributions
Using an econometric model of charitable giving and a ten-year panel of tax return data, the author finds that previous studies have underestimated the effects of permanent income and overestimated those of permanent changes in tax prices. The significant statutory tax changes that occurred during the 1980s, especially in 1986, serve to identify the key model parameters. The author's results imply that people smooth their giving when transitory i…
Estimation of housing depreciation: Short-term quality change and long-term vintage effects
Housing Depreciation and Aging Bias in the Consumer Price Index
I use hedonic regression methods to estimate average rental housing physical depreciation for areas of the United States. I estimate downward quality bias of the U.S. consumer price index (CPI) caused by rental-housing physical depreciation, and I develop methods to correct the CPI for such aging bias. My physical depreciation estimates imply that recent percentage changes in the U.S. CPI shelter-cost indexes are downward biased by .3 to .4 annua…
Estimation of housing depreciation: Short-term quality change and long-term vintage effects
Dynamic Income, Progressive Taxes, and the Timing of Charitable Contributions
Using an econometric model of charitable giving and a ten-year panel of tax return data, the author finds that previous studies have underestimated the effects of permanent income and overestimated those of permanent changes in tax prices. The significant statutory tax changes that occurred during the 1980s, especially in 1986, serve to identify the key model parameters. The author's results imply that people smooth their giving when transitory i…
Economics (3 works) · Microeconomics (3 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Housing Market and Economics (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Monetary economics (2 works) · Renting (2 works) · Cost of living (1 works) · Depreciation (economics (1 works) · Differential (mechanical device (1 works)