Understanding changes in PPPs over time : a proposal for the extrapolation of PPPs for household consumption using CPI data (English)

The difficulties and costs involved in the construction of Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for international comparisons impose restrictions on the frequency of their computation and, therefore, they are only constructed in benchmark years: for example the last two International Comparison Program (ICP) data collections took place between 1993 and 1996 and in 2005, and the next will be carried out later this year. Consequently the estimation of PPPs...

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Biggeri, Luigi;

Laureti, Tiziana;
Document Date
2011/10/04
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
90636
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2014/10/01
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Disclosed
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Understanding changes in PPPs over time : a proposal for the extrapolation of PPPs for household consumption using CPI data
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Biggeri, Luigi; Laureti, Tiziana.

Understanding changes in PPPs over time : a proposal for the extrapolation of PPPs for household consumption using CPI data (English). International Comparison Program (ICP) Washington, DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/815811468181749617

Understanding changes in PPPs over time : a proposal for the extrapolation of PPPs for household consumption using CPI data (English)

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