Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Does the Balassa-Samuelson Theory Explain the Link Between Relative Population Growth and Purchasing Power Parity?

    192032_192032.pdf (368.1Kb)
    Access Status
    Open access
    Authors
    Hassan, A.
    Salim, Ruhul
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Hassan, A.F.M. Kamrul and Salim, Ruhul. 2013. Does the Balassa-Samuelson Theory Explain the Link Between Relative Population Growth and Purchasing Power Parity?. The Singapore Economic Review. 58 (1): pp. 1-19.
    Source Title
    The Singapore Economic Review
    DOI
    10.1142/S0217590813500070
    ISSN
    02175908
    Remarks

    Electronic version of an article published in The Singapore Economic Review, Volume 58, Issue 01, March 2013, Pages, 1350007 (19 pages), DOI:10.1142/S0217590813500070 ©Copyright World Scientific Publishing Company. http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ser

    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7495
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Relative population growth affects relative prices through the so-called Balassa–Samuelson (BS) mechanism and that in turn impacts PPP. This paper empirically investigates the relationship between the PPP exchange rate and relative population growth in a panel of 80 selected countries. Following the BS hypothesis, this paper argues that relative population growth affects nominal wages that impact price levels and thereby impacts PPP. Using panel cointegration and fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS), the empirical results show that there is a stable relationship between PPP exchange rate and relative population growth in the long run. These empirical findings suggest that population growth have an important role in exchange rate determination through PPP.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • The linkage between relative population growth and purchasing power parity: cross country evidence
      Hassan, K.; Salim, Ruhul (2011)
      Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between relative population growth and purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rate for a panel of 80 countries. Design/methodology/approach – Panel unit root ...
    • Village-Based Marine Resource Use and Rural Livelihoods:Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
      Koczberski, Gina; Curry, George; Warku, J.; Kwam, C. (2006)
      This report presents the findings of a socio-economic study conducted in six coastal villages in Kimbe Bay, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. From west to east around the Bay the study villages were Kulungi, ...
    • Cross-continent comparisons reveal differing environmental drivers of growth of the coral reef fish, Lutjanus bohar
      Ong, J.; Rountrey, A.; Marriott, R.; Newman, Stephen; Meeuwig, J.; Meekan, M. (2017)
      © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Biochronologies provide important insights into the growth responses of fishes to past variability in physical and biological environments and, in so doing, allow modelling of ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.