This study applies a group of unit root and stationarity tests to study the hypothesis of Purchasing Power Parity in ten Mediterranean countries. The real effective exchange rate with the European Union turns out to be stationary for five of the countries analysed, once the presence of...

The aim of this article is to provide additional evidence on the fulfilment of the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) hypothesis in the so-called Mediterranean countries. In order to test for the empirical validity of such a hypothesis, we have applied two types of unit root tests. The first group is...

Purpose: This study investigates the spillover effects between exchange rate changes and stock returns in China. The authors find that no significant interconnections exist between stock returns and exchange rates changes. Design/methodology/approach: Although the conventional structural VAR...

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the mutual dependence between housing prices and housing credit in Estonia, a country that experienced rapid debt accumulation during the 2000s and big swings in house prices during that period. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use Bayesian...

This paper seeks to shed light on possible changes in the government debt dynamics for the first 12 euro area countries. Structural breaks are present around the global financial crisis for most countries, but not for Germany and France, the two core countries in the euro area. The properties of...