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Aggregation of Economic Indicators Across Countries : Exchange Rate Versus PPP Based GDP Weights
Gulde, Anne Marie - 2006
Relative GDP shares are frequently used as weights in aggregations. In order to ensure that these weights reflect countries` shares in real output, GDP data in national currencies should be converted into a common numeraire currency at purchasing power parity (PPP) rates. A review of the...
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Axiomatic and Economic Approaches to International Comparisons
Diewert, W. Erwin - 1998
The paper considers the problem of choosing a multilateral system of index numbers in order to make aggregate price and … index number formula. The great variation in relative prices and quantities in the international context means that the … approach, the concept of a superlative bilateral index number formula (which can adequately model substitution effects) is …
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Consumer Substitution, Cost of Living Measurement and Real Exchange Rate in Argentina - First Part : 1960-1995 (Long Version, in Spanish) (Sustitucion en el Consumo, Medición del C...
Maletta, Hector E. - 2010
over 35 years (1960-95), the Consumer Price Index of Argentina overstated the rise in the true cost of living by 77 …% relative to the estimated cost of living index. Put in a different way, 44% of official inflation was avoided by consumers … through substitution between goods, brands and outlets. The estimated cost of living index based in 1960 was in 1995 just 56 …
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Does PPP-adjusted data exaggerate the relative size of poor economies
Honohan, Patrick - 1998
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A review of PPP-adjusted GDP estimation and its potential use for the fund's operational purposes
Wagner, Nancy - 1995
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A Review of PPP-Adjusted GDP Estimation and its Potential Use for the Fund's Operational Purposes
Wagner, Nancy L. - 1995
the construction of PPP indices, with particular emphasis on the PPP-based estimates of GDP used in the Fund’s World … Economic Outlook and the World Bank’s World Development Report, and examines some of the issues associated with the use of such …
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Accounting for unrepresentative products and urban-rural price differences in international comparisons of real income : an application to the Asia-Pacific region
Hill, Robert J.; Syed, Iqbal A. - 2012
The International Comparisons Program (ICP) run by the World Bank compares the purchasing power of currencies and real …. International Comparisons Program ; Country-Product-Dummy Method ; Price Index ; Rural-Urban Price Differences ; Representative and …
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Accounting for Unrepresentative Products and Urban-Rural Price Differences in International Comparisons of Real Income : An Application to the Asia-Pacific Region
Hill, Robert J. - 2013
The International Comparisons Program (ICP) run by the World Bank compares the purchasing power of currencies and real …
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The Generalized Unit Value Index
Auer, Ludwig von - 2011
The inflation rate is normally computed as a weighted average of individual price changes. Alternatively, this rate could be evaluated by comparing average price levels. Unfortunately, this methodology has received limited attention in past research. This study attempts to remedy this situation...
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Price indexes, inequality, and the measurement of world poverty
Deaton, Angus - In: The American economic review 100 (2010) 1, pp. 5-34
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