Measuring substitution bias in international comparisons based on additive purchasing power parity methods

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-162

  Hill, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gerschenkron effect; Index numbers; Inequality; Relative price variability; Substitution bias

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; PURCHASING POWER PARITY;

EID: 0033982227     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(98)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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