[FPSPACE] Light pollution as a measure of GDP

[LARRY KLAES]

> PhysOrg 9/4/09:
> 
> "Brown economists measure GDP growth from outer space"
> 
> "Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth,
> according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a
> National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson,
> Adam Storeygard, and David N. Weil suggest a new framework for estimating a
> country or region's gross domestic product (GDP) by using satellite images
> of the area's nighttime lights."
> 
> http://www.physorg.com/news171294355.html
> 

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