Purchasing power parity under regime shifts: An application to Asian countries

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-266

  Nusair, Salah A ^a  

^a GULF UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cointegration tests; Multiple structural breaks; Purchasing power parity; Stability test

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; PURCHASING POWER PARITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; NORTH AMERICA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049117935     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2008.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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