ICP 2005 Construction Prices: Are They Underestimated in Developing Countries?

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 380-393

  Breton, Theodore R ^a   García, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Construction prices; ICP 2005; Penn World Table; Price indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922896528     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12170     Document Type: Article

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