Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.

Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.

The two central objectives of our project are to (1) empirically confirm that comparing exchange rate-based national incomes actually does overstate inter-country income inequality and (2) if it does so, find out the extent of the overstatement. Our empirical analysis relies on data from the Penn Wo...

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Main Authors: Khoo, Gin Lin., Kwok, Sok Fong., Lim, Li Tuan.
Other Authors: Park, Donghyun
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10828
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-108282023-05-19T07:23:08Z Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates. Khoo, Gin Lin. Kwok, Sok Fong. Lim, Li Tuan. Park, Donghyun Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::General The two central objectives of our project are to (1) empirically confirm that comparing exchange rate-based national incomes actually does overstate inter-country income inequality and (2) if it does so, find out the extent of the overstatement. Our empirical analysis relies on data from the Penn World Tables (PWT) and the International Financial Statistics (IFS) for the period 1960 to 1995. 2008-09-24T07:47:59Z 2008-09-24T07:47:59Z 1999 1999 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10828 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Khoo, Gin Lin.
Kwok, Sok Fong.
Lim, Li Tuan.
Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
description The two central objectives of our project are to (1) empirically confirm that comparing exchange rate-based national incomes actually does overstate inter-country income inequality and (2) if it does so, find out the extent of the overstatement. Our empirical analysis relies on data from the Penn World Tables (PWT) and the International Financial Statistics (IFS) for the period 1960 to 1995.
author2 Park, Donghyun
author_facet Park, Donghyun
Khoo, Gin Lin.
Kwok, Sok Fong.
Lim, Li Tuan.
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author Khoo, Gin Lin.
Kwok, Sok Fong.
Lim, Li Tuan.
author_sort Khoo, Gin Lin.
title Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
title_short Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
title_full Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
title_fullStr Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
title_sort comparison of global income distributions based on purchasing power parity and exchange rates.
publishDate 2008
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10828
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