Datasets -- Center for Economic Research

The Center for Economic Research produces price indices at regional and national level

The data files provided on this page are EXCEL files

City Rent Index

City Rent Index (CRI) reflects the relative rent difference in office space among cities in the continental United States. The index is based on leased postal facilities and has been made available for this purpose by special permission of the US Postal Service.
  • Documentation -- (coming soon)
  • Overall MSA CRI Calculated with MSA and Time interation dummy variables
  • CRI Calculated at MSA city center with MSA, Time, and distance interation dummy variables

    • Export Price Index

    The Export Price Index (EPI) is a measure of exogenous price shocks to a region’s export industries. Thus far the EPI has been used to estimate models of MSA employment demand and shown to capture exogenous demand shocks to the local economy.
  • Documentation
  • EPI Data

    • Contact Information

    Anthony Yezer
    Professor and Director of Center for Economic Research
    Department of Economics
    George Washington University
    2115 G Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20052
    Office: Government 320
    Phone: (202) 994-6755,
    Email: yezer@gwu.edu

    Department of Economics

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