The Re-Emergence of PPP in the 1990s

Posted: 2 May 2010

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Kees C. G. Koedijk

Tilburg University - Department of Finance

Peter C. Schotman

Maastricht University - Department of Finance

Mathijs A. van Dijk

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Date Written: 1998

Abstract

In this paper we investigate purchasing power parity (PPP) in a panel with 17 countries for the period 1972 through 1996. The novel feature of our panel methodology is that results are invariant to the choice of a benchmark on numeraire currency. In the panel we allow individual country effects in the relation between prices and exchange rates. In this way we can identify the currency pairs for which PPP holds or does not hold. We conclude that there is substantive evidence for PPP, although not to the same extent for every currency. Evidence in favor of PPP is strongest for many exchange rates relative to the Dmark, and weakest for the Japanese yen. For this currency a trend-like variable, like productivity growth, is missing.

Keywords: Purchasing power parity, panel test, numeraire, productivity

JEL Classification: F31, G15

Suggested Citation

Koedijk, Kees G. and Schotman, Peter C. and van Dijk, Mathijs A., The Re-Emergence of PPP in the 1990s (1998). Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 17, pp. 51-61, 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1598425

Kees G. Koedijk

Tilburg University - Department of Finance ( email )

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Peter C. Schotman

Maastricht University - Department of Finance ( email )

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Mathijs A. Van Dijk (Contact Author)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) ( email )

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3000 DR Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland 3062PA
Netherlands

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