What is the Size of the Chinese Economy?

Cruz Basso, Leonardo

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1798744

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What is the Size of the Chinese Economy?

Leonardo Cruz Basso

Mackenzie Presbiterian University - Business Administration

March 29, 2011

Abstract:
We propose an alternative measure to compare the sizes of the Chinese and American economy. The relevant exchange rate to compare both economies is the value of money in the Unites States divided by the value of money in China, taking into consideration the relationship between hours of labor.

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Keywords: value of money, purchasing power parity, pegged exchange rate, labor theory ovalue

JEL Classification: F41, E44

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Date posted: March 31, 2011

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Basso, Leonardo Cruz, What is the Size of the Chinese Economy? (March 29, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1798744 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1798744

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