Constructed by Robert Summers and Alan Heston of the University of Pennsylvania, together with the late Irving Kravis, the Penn World Tables are the definitive source for real national accounts data. The national accounts for each country, initially in their own currencies, are adjusted using detailed price data to obtain real national accounts in a common currency (U.S. dollars) across countries. These data are invaluable for making comparisons of Gross Domestic Product across countries, and for all manner of research on development and growth.
Series title
Penn world tables
Data creator
Summers, Robert and Alan Heston
Date of creation
1988
Distributor
Washington, DC: National Bureau of Economic Research
Date of distribution
1992 Jan 28th
Statistics type
Subjects
Geography
Geographic coverage
international
Time period
1950-1988
Periodicity
annual
Mode of data collection
derived
Extent of file
1 data file (5,382 logical records) & accompanying documentation
Funding agency
National Science Foundation grant no., 9911377
Access status
Open
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