Testing the Law of One Price on Exports of Tropical Forest Products: A Co-integration Approach

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Baharumshah, Ahmad Zubaidi and Habibullah, Muzafar Shah (1995) Testing the Law of One Price on Exports of Tropical Forest Products: A Co-integration Approach. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 3 (2). pp. 163-172. ISSN 0128-7702

Abstract

Trade theory often postulates the existence of a representative price, that is, a single price that prevails in all markets. This is known as the Law of One Price (LOP). In this paper the empirical validity of LOP was tested using the recently developed co-integration method for timber exports. Monthly data for the period January 1985 to December 1992 were used to analyse the long-run equilibrium relationship. Empirically, we found the exchange rate pass-through on the exports to be complete for all timber products and markets. The results obtained suggest that the data are consistent with the LOP as a long-run relationship. We conclude that the markets for tropical forest products are generally competitive.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Economics and Management
Publisher:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords:	pass-through problem, agricultural products, exchange rates, law of one price
Depositing User:	Nur Izyan Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2009 08:14
Last Modified:	27 May 2013 07:05
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3083
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