Estimating Real Production and Expenditures across Nations : A Proposal for Improving the Penn World Tables

From its inception, the Penn World Tables (PWT), building on the International Comparisons Program (ICP) of the United Nations, has sought to compare the standard of living of individuals in different countries. That is, the term "real GDP per...

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Main Authors: Feenstra, Robert C., Heston, Alan, Timmer, Marcel P., Deng, Haiyan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7451133/estimating-real-production-expenditures-across-nations-proposal-improving-penn-world-tables-estimating-real-production-expenditures-across-nations-proposal-improving-penn-world-tables
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7243