<p><a href="http://bpp.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow">Take a look at Billion Prices Project</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The Billion Prices Project is an academic initiative that uses prices
  collected from hundreds of online retailers around the world on a
  daily basis to conduct economic research.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Also take a look at <a href="http://www.pricestats.com/" rel="nofollow">PriceStats</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>PriceStats collects online prices to provide daily inflation updates
  for 22 economies.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://www.pricestats.com/approach/overview" rel="nofollow">Overview of the PiceStats approach</a></p>

<p>More broadly, price index construction is a huge literature full of pitfalls so it is difficult to point you to a generic but also advanced presentation of the issues. But you might start with <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/2646934?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">Consumer Prices, the Consumer Price Index, and the Cost of Living</a> (Boskin, Dulberger, Gordon, Griliches and Jorgenson (1998)), a Journal of Economic Perspectives piece on the subject. </p>

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Hi, I am working on a project comparing international uses of web scraping to compile their respective CPI's. Would you happen to have any leads regarding this? Thank you
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Also would you happen to know how to program such web scraping programs to help me test them? Thank you
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BKay
<p>In Spanish you can reach IPC Online project in Argentina. <a href="https://ipconlinebb.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://ipconlinebb.wordpress.com/</a></p>

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<p>Is there information and literature regarding comparative consumer price index methods? Specifically, the web scraping method of index construction?</p>

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Using web scraped data for consumer price indices
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# Using web scraped data for consumer price indices

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-20)

Is there information and literature regarding comparative consumer price index methods? Specifically, the web scraping method of index construction?

**Tags:** macroeconomics, inflation, academic-graduate


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-20. Score: 2

[Take a look at Billion Prices Project](http://bpp.mit.edu/):

> The Billion Prices Project is an academic initiative that uses prices
> collected from hundreds of online retailers around the world on a
> daily basis to conduct economic research.

Also take a look at [PriceStats](http://www.pricestats.com/)

> PriceStats collects online prices to provide daily inflation updates
> for 22 economies.

[Overview of the PiceStats approach](http://www.pricestats.com/approach/overview)

More broadly, price index construction is a huge literature full of pitfalls so it is difficult to point you to a generic but also advanced presentation of the issues. But you might start with [Consumer Prices, the Consumer Price Index, and the Cost of Living](http://www.jstor.org/stable/2646934?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents) (Boskin, Dulberger, Gordon, Griliches and Jorgenson (1998)), a Journal of Economic Perspectives piece on the subject.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Hi, I am working on a project comparing international uses of web scraping to compile their respective CPI's. Would you happen to have any leads regarding this? Thank you  
> **username_0**: Also would you happen to know how to program such web scraping programs to help me test them? Thank you  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-04. Score: 1

In Spanish you can reach IPC Online project in Argentina. <https://ipconlinebb.wordpress.com/>


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