Long-run purchasing power parity, prices and exchange rates in transition: The case of six Central and East European countries

Global Finance Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 87-108

  Christev, Atanas ^a,b   Noorbakhsh, Abbas ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania ^*

^c SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cointegration; Purchasing power party; Transition economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041911375     PISSN: 10440283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-0283(00)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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