2012 PROCEEDINGS - Public Relations Society of America

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Table1
Public relations expenditure in the US and GDP per capita of selected client countries
PR expenditure GDP per capita (2011)
Samples
Rank Mean (US thousand dollars) Rank ppp (US dollar)
Japan 1 81,053 18 42,830.87
Liberia 7 8,818 208 246.92
Belgium 53 698 17 43,077.66
Philippines 49 803 145 2,140.12
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