Purchasing Power Parity and the Real Exchange Rate

40 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2001

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Mark P. Taylor

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Brookings Institution

Lucio Sarno

University of Cambridge - Judge Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: August 2001

Abstract

We assess the progress made by the profession in understanding real exchange rate behaviour, through a selective and critical but nonetheless expository review of the literature. Our reading of the literature leads us to the main conclusions that purchasing power parity might be viewed as a valid long-run international parity condition when applied to bilateral exchange rates among major industrialized countries and that mean reversion in real exchange rates displays significant non-linearities. Further work investigating the effects of real shocks on the long-run equilibrium level also seems warranted.

Keywords: Foreign exchange, purchasing power parity, real exchange rate

JEL Classification: F31

Suggested Citation

Taylor, Mark P. and Sarno, Lucio, Purchasing Power Parity and the Real Exchange Rate (August 2001). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=280902

Mark P. Taylor

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School ( email )

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Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

Brookings Institution ( email )

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Lucio Sarno (Contact Author)

University of Cambridge - Judge Business School ( email )

Trumpington Street
Cambridge, CB2 1AG
United Kingdom

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

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