What can US city price data tell us about purchasing power parity?

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-222

  Chen, L L ^a   Devereux, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Purchasing power parity; Real exchange rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037376908     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5606(02)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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