Long-Run Exchange Rate Dynamics: A Panel Data Study

Karl Habermeier and Mario Mesquita

No 1999/050, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Long-run movements of real exchange rates are studied using a panel data set comprising 51 economies. The purchasing power parity hypothesis (PPP) is examined first using unit root tests. It is found that PPP does not hold for the full sample of countries, but it may hold for the advanced economies, as well as open and high-inflation economies. Using the recently developed mean group and pooled mean group estimators, the paper finds support for the Balassa-Samuelson hypothesis in both advanced and developing economies; and for the influence of shifts in the terms of trade.

Keywords: WP; Exchange Rates; Panel Data Econometrics; Purchasing Power Parity (PPP); Balassa-Samuelson Effect; Terms of Trade; exchange rate depreciation; MG estimate; inflation economy; terms of trade effect; mean group; PPP hypothesis; Real exchange rates; Purchasing power parity; Inflation; Africa; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25
Date: 1999-04-01
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