Purchasing power parities for industry comparisons using weighted Elteto-Koves-Szulc (EKS) methods

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-511

  Rao, D S Prasada ^a   Timmer, Marcel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0346390639     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0034-6586.2003.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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