The aim of this paper is to study the dynamics of the US real effective exchange rate by capturing non-linearity and long-memory features. In this context, we use the family of fractionally integrated STAR (FISTAR) models proposed by van Dijk et al. (van Dijk, D., Franses, P.H., and Paap, R.,...

This paper examines the time series behavior of monthly bilateral real exchange rates (RER) on a comprehensive sample of 78 industrialized and developing countries, using the US Dollar, the UK Pound and the German Deutsche Mark as numeraires. We suggest a three step testing procedure based on...