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Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy : the Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program (ICP).

Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework, Methodology, and Results of the International ComparisonProgram-ICP is the most comprehensive accounting everpresented by the International Comparison Program (ICP) ofthe theory and methods underlying the estimation ofpurchasing power pari...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bank, World
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : World Bank Publications, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributing Authors; Executive Summary; Introduction: Reshaping the World; 1 The Framework of the International Comparison Program; 2 Governance Structure of ICP 2005; 3 National Accounts Framework for International Comparisons: GDP Compilation and Breakdown Process; 4 Computation of Basic Heading PPPs for Comparisons within and between Regions; 5 Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level within Regions; 6 Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level: Linking the Regions; 7 The ICP Survey Framework.
  • 8 The Ring Comparison: Linking the Regions9 Validation of ICP Regional Prices and Basic Heading PPPs; 10 Validation of Basic Heading and Aggregated PPPs: When Does Validation End and Estimation Begin?; 11 Health and Education; 12 Dwelling Services; 13 Construction; 14 Machinery and Equipment; 15 Government Services; 16 Government Services: Productivity Adjustments; 17 Reference PPPs; 18 Extrapolating PPPs and Comparing ICP Benchmark Results; 19 Results and Empirical Analysis, ICP 2005; 20 Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2008; 21 PPP Exchange Rates for the Global Poor.
  • 22 International Relative Price Levels: An Empirical Analysis23 PPP Estimates: Applications by the International Monetary Fund; 24 Using Expenditure PPPs for Sectoral Output and Productivity Comparisons; Abbreviations; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V.