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Keywords: Exchange Rates; GAIA System; Geary Method; Index Numbers of Prices And Real Incomes; International Comparisons Of Real Incomes; Penn World Table; Purchasing Power Parities; QUAIDS (Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System);

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