Purchasing power parity in Asian economies: further evidence from rank tests for cointegration

Liew, Venus Khim-Sen and Lee, Hock-Ann and Lim, Kian-Ping (2005): Purchasing power parity in Asian economies: further evidence from rank tests for cointegration. Forthcoming in: Applied Economics Letter

Abstract

The finding of nonlinear cointegration between Asian exchange rates with the corresponding relatives prices and aggregate price levels based on Breitung’s (2001) nonparametric rank tests reinforces previous validations of Purchasing Power Parity by the parametric testing procedures. Hence, in the long-run Asian exchange rate are in equilibrium with the relevant fundamentals as suggested by the purchasing power parity hypothesis.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Purchasing power parity; Cointegration; Rank tests; Nonlinearity
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Single Equation Models ; Single Variables > C22 - Time-Series Models ; Dynamic Quantile Regressions ; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models ; Diffusion Processes; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange

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