Using Web-scrapping techniques to build a consumer price index

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Using Web-scrapping techniques to build a consumer price index

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The undergoing effort to modernize the data collection and processing methods, in order to obtain more timely and accurate statistical indicators involves using new data sources and innovative techniques. Internet is widely used as a main source for building new data sets that are fed into new procedures designed to compute or enhance the traditional set of statistical indicators describing the current status of an economy. The consumer price statistics is one of the areas that can benefit most from this new type of data source. In this paper we describe our experience regarding automated consumer prices collection from e-commerce sites using a set of software tools and compiling a consumer price index. The purpose of our research was to investigate whether the Web-scraping method is feasible to produce a regular consumer price index in the future. We investigated the methodological challenges and developed a set of tools that automates the process of data collection, transformation from semi-structured to structured data, and computation of a consumer price index.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Using Web-scrapping techniques to build a consumer price index

Popis výsledku anglicky

The undergoing effort to modernize the data collection and processing methods, in order to obtain more timely and accurate statistical indicators involves using new data sources and innovative techniques. Internet is widely used as a main source for building new data sets that are fed into new procedures designed to compute or enhance the traditional set of statistical indicators describing the current status of an economy. The consumer price statistics is one of the areas that can benefit most from this new type of data source. In this paper we describe our experience regarding automated consumer prices collection from e-commerce sites using a set of software tools and compiling a consumer price index. The purpose of our research was to investigate whether the Web-scraping method is feasible to produce a regular consumer price index in the future. We investigated the methodological challenges and developed a set of tools that automates the process of data collection, transformation from semi-structured to structured data, and computation of a consumer price index.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Knowledge on Economics and Management: Profit or Purpose

ISBN

978-80-244-5543-3

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

213-219

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci

Místo vydání

Olomouc

Místo konání akce

Olomouc

Datum konání akce

5. 9. 2019

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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