Testing for Purchasing Power Parity in Cointegrated Panels
IMF Working Papers, December 1, 2007
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Bibliographic details
- Authors: Johan Lyhagen, Pär Österholm, Mikael Carlsson
- Published: December 1, 2007
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451868500.001
Authors and publication
- By Johan Lyhagen, Pär Österholm, Mikael Carlsson
- December 1, 2007
- IMF Working Papers, Working Paper No. 2007/287
- Issue: 287
- Volume: 2007
- Pages: 19
Research question and scope
- Tests the strong Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis using data for the G7 countries.
- Focuses on whether exchange rates and price levels satisfy strong PPP or instead support weak PPP with heterogeneous cointegrating vectors.
Methodology
- Applies the maximum likelihood panel cointegration method of Larsson and Lyhagen (2007).
- Contrasts results with:
- Pedroni (1995) cointegration tests.
- Fully modified OLS estimators of the cointegrating vectors.
- Dynamic OLS estimators of the cointegrating vectors.
- Emphasizes robustness to cross-sectional dependence of error terms as a key advantage of the Larsson and Lyhagen (2007) method.
Key findings
- The strong PPP hypothesis is rejected.
- Evidence supports weak PPP with heterogeneous cointegrating vectors.
- Results are the same across all approaches used (maximum likelihood panel cointegration, Pedroni tests, fully modified OLS, and dynamic OLS).
Keywords and subjects
- Subject: Exchange rates, Purchasing power parity
- Keywords: integrating vector, WP
Publication identifiers and access
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451868500.001
- ISBN: 9781451868500
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Stock No: WPIEA2007287
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