Penn World Table 7.0: Are the data flawed?

PWT 7.0 data deviate substantially from PWT 6.3 data because the benchmarked prices for 1970 to 1996 used in PWT 6.3 were entirely discarded. PWT 7.0 data are unreliable and appear to be much less accurate than PWT 6.3 data.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Breton, Theodore R.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 117.2012, 1, p. 208-210
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Price indices \| Economic data \| Data measurement \| Economic growth

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	E01 - Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth ; O47 - Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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