期刊名称：Discussion Papers / Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
印刷版ISSN：0804-6824
出版年度：2003
卷号：2003
出版社：Bergen
摘要：The present article examines consumer price development in the three Scandinavian
countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, 1815-1913. A consumer price index (CPI)
is constructed for Norway. It is based on consumer prices for up to nine consumption
groups and 47 commodities in 40 Norwegian cities and towns. With only a few
exceptions, the price data are culled from the Ingvar Wedervang Archive on prices
and Wages kept at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
in Bergen.
The CPI for Norway is compared to corresponding CPIs for Denmark and
Sweden. We trace high conformity in price waves between the countries. This can
partly be explained by their imports of similar commodities, and partly by their heavy
dependence on agriculture, where similar climatic fluctuations gave conformity in
price movements for primary products. Finally, the significant correlation of prices
gives an indication of surprisingly high integration of the inter-Scandinavian markets.
