This paper tests empirically the Balassa-Samuelson (BS) hypothesis using annual data for 6 Asian countries. We apply new panel data cointegration techniques recently developed by Pedroni (2000, 2004) and we compare the results with those obtained with conventional Johansen (1995)'s time series...

The aim of this paper is to apply recently developed panel cointegration techniques proposed by Pedroni (Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 61 (1999): Supplement, 653670; Econometric Theory 20 (2004): 597625) and generalized by Banerjee and Carrion-i-Silvestre (Working Paper 591, European...

In this paper we address the two following questions: (1) what are the major sources of real exchange rate fluctuations in developing countries? (2) do economic policy makers have room to face possible real exchange rate fluctuations? To answer these questions, we estimate a structural VAR model...

This paper tests empirically the Balassa-Samuelson (BS) hypothesis using annual data for 6 Asian countries. We apply new panel data cointegration techniques recently developed by Pedroni (2000) and we compare the results with those obtained with conventional Johansen (1995)'s time series...

This paper studies the Balassa-Samuelson effect in 9 CEECs. Using panel cointegration techniques, we find strong empirical evidence in favour of what we call the internal transmission mechanism since productivity growth in the open sector is found to bring about non-tradable inflation. However,...