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The '''Geary–Khamis dollar''' (also known as the '''international dollar''') is a hypothetical currency.
The '''Geary–Khamis dollar''' (also known as the '''international dollar''') is a hypothetical currency.
==History==


==As a function==
==As a function==

Revision as of 23:39, 21 October 2017

The Geary–Khamis dollar (also known as the international dollar) is a hypothetical currency.

History

As a function

Currency conversions involving PPP can be conceptualized as a 4?-place function taking as parameters:

  • The source currency
  • The target currency
  • The location with respect to the PPP calculation?
  • The year

Only after fixing all four parameters can the unit make sense next to a number.

Of these, the Geary–Khamis dollar partially fixes the parameters except the year. Therefore formally the Geary–Khamis dollar can be seen as a "unit schema" or "unit-producing function" that takes a year as input and outputs an actual unit.

Difference with the US dollar for a particular year

e.g. 2000 GK dollar vs 2000 US dollar

Is there a difference?

See also

External links

References

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