Purchasing power parity in African countries: evidence from panel SURADF test
This study reexamines the validity of long-run purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis using a battery of panel unit root tests for 11 developing countries in Africa over the period 1980-2007. Based on the conventional panel unit root tests, we found evidence that the monthly real exchange rates i...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing
2010
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16391/1/Purchasing%20power%20parity%20and%20efficiency%20of%20black%20market%20exchange%20rate%20in%20African%20countries.pdf |