Pitfalls in measuring exchange rate misalignment: The Yuan and other currencies

Open Economies Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-206

  Cheung, Yin Wong ^a,d   Chinn, Menzie D ^c   Fujii, Eiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Absolute purchasing power parity; Capital controls; Currency misalignment; Exchange rates; Real income

Indexed keywords

CURRENCY; DATA SET; EXCHANGE RATE; PURCHASING POWER PARITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 64649103829     PISSN: 09237992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11079-008-9097-1     Document Type: Article

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