Does PPP hold in African countries? Further evidence based on a highly dynamic non-linear (logistic) unit root test

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2453-2459

  Chang, Tsangyao ^a   Chang, Hsu Ling ^b   Chu, Hsiao Ping ^b   Su, Chi Wei ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LING TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KENYA; LESOTHO; MADAGASCAR; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33751071348     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427890     Document Type: Article

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