Understanding PPPs and PPP-based national accounts

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-35

  Deaton, Angus ^a   Heston, Alan ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 85017117727     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.4.1     Document Type: Article

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