Long-Run Exchange Rate Modeling: A Survey of the Recent Evidence

Author/Editor:

Ronald MacDonald

Publication Date:

January 1, 1995

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Summary:

In this paper we survey the recent literature on long run, or equilibrium, exchange rate modeling. In particular, we review the voluminous literature which tests for a unit root in real exchange rates and the closely related work on testing for a unit root in the residual from a regression of the nominal exchange rate on relative prices. We argue that the balance of evidence is supportive of the existence of some form of long-run exchange rate relationship. The form of this relationship, however, does not accord exactly with a traditional representation of the long-run exchange rate. We offer some potential explanations for this lack of conformity.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1995/014

Subject:

Consumer price indexes Currencies Exchange rate modelling Exchange rates Foreign exchange Money Prices Purchasing power parity Real exchange rates

Notes:

Surveys recent literature on long run, or equilibrium, exchange rate modeling. Also published in Staff Papers, Vol. 42, No. 3, September 1995.

English

Publication Date:

January 1, 1995

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451843064/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0141995

Pages:

52

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