Validity of Purchasing Power Parity in BRICS under a DFA Approach

This study tests the validity of the purchasing power parity (PPP) theory in Brazil, Russia, India, Macao-China and South Africa. We examine real exchange rates of these countries for mean reversion. The Hurst exponent is our mean reversion measure which is evaluated by the Detrended Fluctuation...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Numapau Gyamfi, Adam Anokye Mohammed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Danubius University 2017-02-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Danubius: Oeconomica
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Online Access:http://journals.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/oeconomica/article/view/3715/3847