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DOES REAL INTEREST RATE PARITY HOLD FOR OECD COUNTRIES? NEW EVIDENCE USING PANEL STATIONARITY TESTS WITH CROSS‐SECTION DEPENDENCE AND STRUCTURAL BREAKS
Author(s) -
Camarero Mariam,
CarrioniSilvestre Josep Lluís,
Tamarit Cecilio
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2010.00531.x
Subject(s) - economics , econometrics , interest rate parity , parity (physics) , structural break , panel data , cross section (physics) , cross sectional data , interest rate , section (typography) , macroeconomics , computer science , physics , particle physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
This paper tests for real interest rate parity (RIRP) among the 17 major Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries over the period 1978:Q1–2006:Q1. The econometric methods applied consist of combining the use of panel data tests that are valid under cross‐section dependence and the presence of multiple structural breaks. This feature is important because the misspecification errors due to not accounting for structural breaks and/or cross‐section dependence can lead to misleading conclusions. Our results support the fulfilment of the weak version of the RIRP for short‐term interest rate differentials once dependence and structural breaks are considered.