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Detecting intra-national PPP model in China: A median-unbiased estimation approach
Author(s)
Date Issued
2009
Journal
ISSN
0264-9993
1873-6122
Citation
Economic Modelling, Sept. 2009, vol. 26(5), pp. 1029-1032.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
This paper studies the speed of price adjustments toward the intra-national PPP level within China based on half-life measurement. We calculate the point estimates of half-lives and the corresponding confidence intervals using median-unbiased estimation methods to correct for downward bias in least squares estimates. The point estimates of half-lives indicate that the speed of mean reversion toward convergence between region pairs is fast. A strong conclusion about the high speed of adjustments is, however, unwarranted in some regions where the confidence intervals for half-life estimates are much wider than others.
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