Panel unit root tests of purchasing power parity between Japanese cities, 1960-1988: Disaggregated price data

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-244

  Esaka, Taro ^a  

^a KOBE CITY UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disaggregated price data; Japanese cities; Panel unit root test; Purchasing power parity; The law of one price

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037376394     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-1425(01)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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