Aggregation of Economic Indicators Across Countries : Exchange Rate versus PPP Based GDP Weights /

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 empiri...

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Autor Principal: Schulze-Gattas, Marianne
Outros autores: Gulde, Anne
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/036
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF