TY - BOOK AU - Ramos,Roberto Luis Olinto AU - Pastor,Gonzalo C. AU - Ramos,Roberto Luis Olinto AU - Rivas,Lisbeth TI - Latin America: Highlights from the Implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA) T2 - IMF Working Papers; Working Paper SN - 1451870973 : SN - 1018-5941 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - 1993 SNA Implementation KW - imf KW - Consumption Expenditure KW - Data Module of the Roscs KW - GDP Estimation Biases KW - Gross Fixed Capital Formation KW - Brazil KW - Chile KW - Colombia KW - Mexico KW - Nicaragua N2 - This paper reviews the Latin American experience with the implementation of 1993 SNAand the updating of the national accounts' base year. It also makes a preliminary assessment of the possible estimation biases in nominal GDP estimates stemming from the use of outdated national accounts base years, downwards biases with household final consumption estimates, and an overestimation of gross fixed capital formation in construction activities UR - http://elibrary.imf.org/view/IMF001/09649-9781451870978/09649-9781451870978/09649-9781451870978.xml UR - http://www.imfbookstore.org/IMFORG/9781451870978 ER -