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Dara Long
 
''The Long-Run of Purchasing Power Parity: The Case of Japan''
( 2010, Vol. 30 No.1 )
 
 
This paper examines the validity of both the short-run and long-run purchasing power parity (PPP) hypotheses in the case of the Yen-Dollar exchange rate using two estimation methods, namely, a unit root test and an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) cointegration test. Some important findings are obtained from our analysis. The first test reveals the mean reversion of real exchange rate (RER) in the long-run. From the second test, we found that there is a strongly robust long-run PPP relationship but only weakly significant short-run PPP relationship. Furthermore, unlike the previous literature, we use CUSUM and CUSUMSQ stability tests and rolling estimations to deal with the problems of structural breaks and power of the test respectively. Overall, the results suggest that PPP hypothesis in the case of Yen-Dollar exchange rate strongly holds in the long-run but weakly in the short-run. Finally, our results suggest that a minimum of 30 years of sample be a benchmark required for long-run PPP to hold for the case of Japan.
 
 
Keywords: PPP, Real Exchange Rate, Unit Root, ARDL to cointegration
JEL: F3 - International Finance: General
C2 - Single Equation Models; Single Variables: General
 
Manuscript Received : Apr 16 2009 Manuscript Accepted : Jan 06 2010

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