This article examines four versions of the monetary model for the Turkish lira/U.S. dollar exchange rate. The analysis focuses on two issues. First, we test whether the exchange rate is cointegrated with the long-run determinants predicted by economic theory. The sticky price versions of the...

This article examines the validity of purchasing power parity in evaluating whether the Turkish lira was overvalued on the eve of the 2001 crises. Univariate and multivariate time series techniques are used to test whether the real exchange rate is mean reverting. Half-life of deviation from...