A New Test of the Real Interest Rate Parity Hypothesis: Bounds Approach and Structural Breaks

George Bagdatoglou and Alexandros Kontonikas ()

No 2009-23, SIRE Discussion Papers from Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE)

Abstract: We test the real interest rate parity hypothesis using data for the G7 countries over the period 1970-2008. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we utilize the ARDL bounds approach of Pesaran et al. (2001) which allows us to overcome uncertainty about the order of integration of real interest rates. Second, we test for structural breaks in the underlying relationship using the multiple structural breaks test of Bai and Perron (1998, 2003). Our results indicate significant parameter instability and suggest that, despite the advances in economic and financial integration, real interest rate parity has not fully recovered from a breakdown in the 1980s.

Keywords: real interest rate parity; bounds test; structural breaks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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