Do Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rates Mislead on Incomes? The case of China*

Dec 5th 2017, C.P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh
The use of exchange rates based on Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) to compare incomes across countries and over time is now standard practice. But this may lead to excessively inflated incomes for poorer countries and not capture the real changes over time.

* This article was originally published in the Business Line on December 4, 2017.


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