Are Asian real exchange rates mean reverting? Evidence from univariate and panel LM unit root tests with one and two structural breaks

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2109-2120

  Hooi, Lean Hooi ^a,b   Smyth, Russell ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; REAL EXCHANGE RATE;

EID: 34548605118     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600722331     Document Type: Article

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