IN MEMORIAM: ROBERT SUMMERS

摘要

Robert Summers was an economist who maintained a balance between theory and applied econometrics. His association with the IARIW and the Review were in the field of international economic comparisons of purchasing power parities, output and incomes. Summers' contributions are discussed in three periods: his work prior to joining collaborative studies on international comparisons in 1970; his contributions to the United Nations' International Comparison Program (ICP) through 1980; and the development of his widely used data set, the Penn World Table or PWT.