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Reads data of World Bank ICP round, downloaded from here: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/icp-2017

Usage

readICP2017(subtype = "per_cap_expMER")

Arguments

subtype

data subtype to be read in. Available subtypes are:

  • priceLevel Price level index (World = 100)

  • expRatio Expenditure component share of GDP (GDP = 100%)

  • exp_LCU Expenditure (local currency units, billions)

  • exp_MER Expenditure, market exchange rate-based (US$, billions)

  • exp_PPP Expenditure, PPP-based (US$, billions)

  • per_cap_expPPP Expenditure per capita, PPP-based (US$)

  • per_cap_expMER Expenditure per capita, market exchange rate-based (US$)

Value

magpie object of relative price levels (world = 100) or per capita expenditure (USD17 MER)

Author

David M Chen

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
a <- readSource("ICP2017", "per_cap_exp")
} # }