Parity Reversion in Real Exchange Rates : Fast, Slow or Not At All? /

Consensus estimates put the half-life of deviations from purchasing power parity (PPP) at about four years (Rogoff, 1996). However, conventional least squares estimates of half-lives are biased downward. Accordingly, as a preferred measure of the persistence of real exchange rate shocks, this study...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDermott, C.
Other Authors: Cashin, Paul
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2004/128
Online Access:Full text available on IMF