Inter-Region Relative Price Convergence in Korea

This paper examines the persistence of relative consumer price indices for 15 regions in Korea including 6 metropolitan cities and 9 provinces over the period of 1990-2016. In particular, we ask if relative regional price indices contain a common stochastic trend and find that they are not. We then...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seongman Moon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2017-06-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
Subjects:
PPP
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.EAER.2017.21.2.326