 | Robert R. Carkhuff, Bernard G. Berenson - 2003 - 386 pages
...purchasing power: • Purchasing Power Parity, or "PPP," is GDP converted to international dollars that have the same purchasing power as the US dollar has in the United States. • Constant 1995 US Dollars, or "1995 $," refers to GDP in US dollars for the year 2000 adjusted for... | |
 | Julia Fox-Rushby, John Cairns - 2005 - 256 pages
...needle set of sharps waste collection and disposal through incineration. All costs were expressed in international dollars (1$) for the year 2000. An international...purchasing power as the US dollar has in the United States, and is derived via the application of purchasing power parity exchange rates. We assumed 100% coverage... | |
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States; as such, it is a hypothetical currency that is used as a means of translating and comparing costs from one country to the other using a common reference point, the US dollar. 