We find nonlinear mean-reverting tendencies in Southeast Asian currencies by applying the newly developed nonlinear unit root test by Park and Shintani (2005). First, with the U.S. dollar as the numeraire currency, we find that 63% of the real exchange rates of Southeast Asian currencies turn...

This paper analyses purchasing power parity (PPP) for eight Southeast Asian economies using panel unit-root and cointegration tests designed for handling cross-sectional dependence. The main empirical findings are as follows. Southeast Asian real exchange rates in terms of yen are highly...