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Increased nighttime lighting indicates economic growth in Poland and Eastern Europe between 1992 (above) and 2002 (below). Poland is in the top left quarter of each image. (Credit: NOAA and USAF Weather Agency)
BROWN (US)—Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to research by three economists. Using satellite images of nighttime lights, the researchers offer a new framework for estimating a country or region’s gross domestic product, or GDP. Continue…
