Purchasing Power Parity in Transition Countries: Panel Stationary Test with Smooth and Sharp Breaks

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Tsangyao Chang and Tsung-Pao Wu
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Tsung-Pao Wu: Department of Business Administration, Nan-fang College of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510970, China

IJFS, 2015, vol. 3, issue 2, 1-9

Abstract: This study examines whether the long-run purchasing power parity (PPP) holds in transition economies (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Russia) using monthly data over the 1995–2011 period. We apply a recently introduced panel stationary test, which accounts for sharp breaks and smooth shifts. The results indicate that the PPP holds only in two countries ( i.e. , Lithuania and Poland).

Keywords: purchasing power parity; transition countries; panel stationary test; sharp breaks and smooth breaks; Fourier function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F2 F3 F41 F42 G1 G2 G3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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