Currencies, commodities and consumption /
"Currency values, prices, consumption and incomes are at the heart of the economic performance of all countries. In order to make a meaningful comparison between one economy and another, economists routinely make use of purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, but whilst PPP rates are wide...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Exchange Rates and Prices: 2. Purchasing power parity theory and the Big Mac Index
- 3. Commodity currencies and currency commodities
- Part II. Commodity Prices: 4. Three facts about marijuana prices
- 5. Patterns in world metal prices
- Part III. International Patterns of Incomes, Prices and Consumption: 6. Disparities in incomes and prices internationally
- 7. Affluence and food: a simple way to infer incomes.