Search Results - subject:"Khamis"

Substitution bias in multilateral methods for CPI construction using scanner data

Diewert, Walter E.; Fox, Kevin J. - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011631849

Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level: Linking the Regions

Diewert, Erwin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011

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. Each of the regions constructed its own set of Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) and relative...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319731

Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level within Regions

Diewert, Erwin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011

rounds of the ICP, only two multilateral methods were used: the Gini Eltetö Köves Szulc (GEKS) method and the Geary Khamis …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009319732

Who Shrunk China? Puzzles in the Measurement of Real GDP

Neary, Peter; Feenstra, Robert C. - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

The latest World Bank estimates of real GDP per capita for China are significantly lower than previous ones. We review possible sources of this puzzle and conclude that it reflects a combination of factors, including substitution bias in consumption, reliance on urban prices which we estimate...

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Comment on Understanding PPPs and PPP Based National Accounts

Diewert, Erwin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010

The paper discusses the three major problems that Deaton and Heston identify that make it difficult to construct consistent estimates of real output across countries: (i) the choice of a multilateral index number formula; (ii) weak national accounts estimates of country expenditures on the 155...

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New Methodological Developments for the International Comparison Program

Diewert, Erwin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2008

81, E31, O57. Keywords Index numbers, multilateral comparison methods, GEKS, EKS, Geary-Khamis, Balk, Dikhanov …) Khamis (1972) (GK) method, which is an additive method. In the present ICP round, aggregate PPPs and relative country … Geary Khamis Method The method was suggested by Geary (1958) and Khamis (1972) showed that the equations that define the …

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New Methodology for Linking the Regions

Diewert, Erwin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2008

Classification Numbers C43, C81, E31, O57. Keywords Index numbers, multilateral comparison methods, GEKS, EKS, Geary-Khamis …-EKS (GEKS) method based on Fisher (1922) bilateral indexes and The Geary (1958) Khamis (1972) (GK) method, which is an …

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Income-based measures of average well-being

Dowrick, Steve - 2004

Internation comparisons of average national incomes omit important information about leisure, home production, health, etc. They are also bedevilled by index number problems. This paper suggests ways of combining working hours and life-expectancy with income comparisons, and shows that the...

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Sustainability and well-being indicators

Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper provides a review and critical discussion of indicators, which attempt to combine the measurement of sustainability with that of well-being. It starts with some commonly agreed definitions of sustainability, showing how most well-being indicators tell us little if anything at all...

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Sustainability and Well-being Indicators

Neumayer, Eric - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001325