关键词: 测算方法, 评述, 展望

Abstract: Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) can provide more robust data for the comparison among countries which have different currencies and thus has been widely used in international comparison fields. This paper reviews the PPP Estimate Methods and divides them into two main branches. Both basic methods such as EKS、minimum span tree、chain method、star method、average price method、CPD、CPRD and later developed methods such as weighted EKS、characteristics CPD、spacial CPD and weighted CPD were reviewed. This paper expounds methods’ principle ideas and their respective strengths and weaknesses, summaries their development paths, explores the applicability of these methods and makes the research prospects.

Key words: PPP, Estimate Methods, Review, Outlook