International and Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices (National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth)
Contributors: Alan Heston (Editor); Robert E. Lipsey (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: January 14, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780226331102
Subjects: Economic systems; International economics; Macroeconomics; Comparative Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Economics - Macroeconomics; Business & Economics / Macroeconomics; Economics - General; Congresses; National Income; Prices
First sentence: Comparisons across countries of prices and of income and output measured in real terms, and comparisons within countries across regions and cities, are an old ambition of economists.