A taxonomy of multilateral methods for making international comparisons of prices and quantities

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-69

  Hill, Robert J ^a  

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EID: 0040653473     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1997.tb00200.x     Document Type: Article

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