Harmonized Cross Region and Cross Country CPI Time-Space Integration in the Euro-Zone

This papers deals with the problem of the time-space integration of the CPIs produced in the Euro-zone through the integration of the baskets for time and space price collection. After revising and discussing the existing system and its historical background, the authors propose a simplified approach that allows cross-region and cross-country time-space CPIs integration in a harmonized framework and results in a gain of efficiency and effectiveness and in cost and time saving.