Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level within Regions
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The paper explains part of the methodology that was used in the 2005 International Comparison Program (ICP) that compared the relative price levels and GDP levels across 146 countries and 5 regions. This paper looks at the methodology which was used in order to calculate relative volumes and Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) within each region. In previous rounds of the ICP, only two multilateral methods were used: the Gini Eltetö Köves Szulc (GEKS) method and the Geary Khamis (GK) method, which is an additive method. The axiomatic and economic properties of these methods and a relatively new additive method, the Iklé Dikhanov Balk (IDB) method used by the African region, are studied. A fourth method, the Minimum Spanning Tree method, due to Robert Hill is also studied.Download Info
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Paper provided by UBC Department of Economics in its series UBC Departmental Archives with number erwin_diewert-2011-24.Length: 50 pages
Date of creation: 23 Sep 2011
Date of revision: 23 Sep 2011
Handle: RePEc:ubc:bricol:erwin_diewert-2011-24
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Keywords: Index numbers; multilateral comparison methods; GEKS; Geary-Khamis; Iklé-Dikhanov-Balk; Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs); spatial chaining; Fisher id;Find related papers by JEL classification:
- C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
- C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data
- E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
- O57 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
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- NEP-ALL-2011-10-01 (All new papers)
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