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Taking The Puzzle Out Of The Purchasing Power Parity Puzzle: An Application In Respect Of South Africa

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This paper discusses two versions of the purchasing power parity puzzle. It presents the results of nonlinearity and nonstationarity tests in respect of the real exchange rates of the rand. It is found that the rand real exchange rate behaviour tends to be nonlinear and stationary in a majority of cases in the sample. This suggests that for the majority of the currencies in the sample, the real exchange rates of the rand are mean‐reverting, implying that the purchasing power parity relation holds in a nonlinear manner.

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  • Tm Mokoena, 2007. "Taking The Puzzle Out Of The Purchasing Power Parity Puzzle: An Application In Respect Of South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 75(1), pages 22-34, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:sajeco:v:75:y:2007:i:1:p:22-34
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2007.00106.x
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    1. Riané de Bruyn & Rangan Gupta & Lardo Stander, 2013. "Testing the Monetary Model for Exchange Rate Determination in South Africa: Evidence from 101 Years of Data," Contemporary Economics, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw., vol. 7(1), March.
    2. Thabo M. Mokoena & Gupta, R. & Van Eyden, R., 2009. "Half-Life Deviations from PPP in the South African Development Community (SADC)," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 9(1).
    3. Thabo M. Mokoena & Rangan Gupta & Reneé Van Eyden, 2009. "Testing For Ppp Using Sadc Real Exchange Rates," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 77(3), pages 351-362, September.

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