Name File Type Size Last Modified
McDonalds - Price Determinants.xls application/vnd.ms-excel 12.9 MB 07/01/2025 11:26:AM
Minumum wage - Subway.xls application/vnd.ms-excel 35.4 MB 06/30/2025 04:55:PM
Park Fire and Gas Prices.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 4.5 MB 06/29/2025 12:35:PM
gas_price_long.xlsx.zip application/zip 16.6 MB 07/01/2025 12:20:PM

Project Citation: 

Loveridge, Scott. Rural Inflation Project. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-07-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E235003V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Testing methods of gathering data on rural inflation.  
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2022-67023-37747)

Scope of Project

Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2023 – 2025 (Fall 2023 through Fall 2025)
Universe:  View help for Universe United States retail establishments: prices for unleaded gasoline, Big Mac, Subway 6 inch BLT.  
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) event/transaction data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data collected via web scraping.  Additional data from public sources.  

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling Universe of US McDonalds, Subway, Gas Buddy.  
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web scraping
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Retail price
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit Establishment level

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