International and Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices.
Economists wish to compare prices, real income, and output across countries and regions for many purposes. In the past, such comparisons were made in nominal terms, or by using exchange rates across countries, ignoring differences in price levels and thus distorting the results. Great progress has b...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1999.
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Colección: | Studies in income and wealth.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Economists wish to compare prices, real income, and output across countries and regions for many purposes. In the past, such comparisons were made in nominal terms, or by using exchange rates across countries, ignoring differences in price levels and thus distorting the results. Great progress has been made in interspatial comparisons in the past thirty years, but descriptions and discussions of the new measures have been scattered in unpublished or inaccessible papers. International and Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices includes discussions of developments in the United Nati. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (546 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780226331126 0226331121 9786611223595 6611223592 |