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ajceb-2662	Best, Rick	International comparisons of cost and productivity in construction: a bad example	2012	7	.pdf	application/pdf	3930	142	48	Extracts: Prices and Purchasing Power Parities, Accessed 19 June 2012 http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?r=287888 Rawlinsons (2012) Australian Construction Handbook, 30th edition, Rawlhouse Publishers, Perth The Economist (2012) Big Mac Index, Accessed 21 June 2012 http://www.economist.com/node/21542808 Turner & Townsend (2012) International construction cost survey 2012 http://www.turnerandtownsend.com/construction-cost-2012/_16803.html Vermande, H. and van Mulligen, P-H. (1999) ‘Construction costs in The Netherlands in an international context’, Construction Management and Economics, 17, 269-283 Walsh, K. and Sawhney, A. (2002) International Comparison of Cost for the Construction Sector: Towards a Conceptual Model for Purchasing Power Parity. Keywords: International comparisons, Construction costs, Purchasing power parities, Productivity Introduction The following appeared in in a leading national newspaper in June 2012 (Hepworth 2012)	cache/ajceb-2662.pdf	txt/ajceb-2662.txt