The behaviour of relative prices in the European Union: A sectoral analysis

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1257-1286

  Chen, Natalie ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mean reversion; Multivariate unit root tests; Persistence; PPP; LOOP

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EXCHANGE RATE; MARKET CONDITIONS; PRICE DYNAMICS; PURCHASING POWER PARITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4444302560     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00055-2     Document Type: Article

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