Time-Varying Thresholds : An Application to Purchasing Power Parity /

This paper introduces a time-varying threshold autoregressive model (TVTAR), which is used to examine the persistence of deviations from PPP. We find support for the stationary TVTAR against the unit root hypothesis; however, for some developing countries, we do not reject the TVTAR with a unit root...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leon, Gene
Other Authors: Najarian, Serineh
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/181
Online Access:Full text available on IMF