Definition: Perpetual inventory method
Foreign direct investment
Refers to the process of deriving data on stocks (position data) from transaction data. Under this method, for which a stock estimate for some base point in time is required, the compiler may calculate the value of a stock at the end of a period as being equal to the value of the stock at the beginning of the period, plus the impact of transactions and non-transaction changes in the value of the stock during the period. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/OECD_Handbook on_Eco_Glob_Indicators.pdf
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Measuring Globalisation. OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators (2005 Edition)", Paris, 2005
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Measuring Globalisation. OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators (2005 Edition)", Paris, 2005
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