THE EQUATORIAL GRAND-CANYON - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HENNIPMAN,PIETER

Authors
Citation
H. Theil et Dl. Chen, THE EQUATORIAL GRAND-CANYON - DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HENNIPMAN,PIETER, Economist, 143(3), 1995, pp. 317-327
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
ISSN journal
0013063X
Volume
143
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
317 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-063X(1995)143:3<317:TEG-DT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A simple latitude model is developed to explain per capita GDPs based on purchasing power parities. The model involves only one parameter, h ut it accounts for as much as about 70 percent of the variance of the per capita GDPs in each year during the 1970s and 1980s.