PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate
55 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2003
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PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate
PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate
PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate
PPP Strikes Back: Aggregation and the Real Exchange Rate
Date Written: December 2002
Abstract
We show the importance of a dynamic aggregation bias in accounting for the PPP puzzle. We prove that established time series and panel methods substantially exaggerate the persistence of real exchange rates because of heterogeneity in the dynamics of disaggregated relative prices. When heterogeneity is properly taken into account, estimates of the real exchange rate half-life fall dramatically, to little more than one year, or significantly below Rogoff's "consensus view" of three to five years. We show that corrected estimates are consistent with plausible nominal rigidities, thus, arguably, solving the PPP puzzle.
Keywords: Real Exchange Rate Persistence, Purchasing Power Parity, Aggregation, Parameter Heterogeneity
JEL Classification: F36, F41, C43
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